# Context diffs

1 messages from 2008-04-20 to 2008-04-20. Participants: Peter Eisentraut.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/13190

## Peter Eisentraut, 2008-04-20 20:52

Subject: Context diffs
Message-ID: <200804202252.10394.peter_e@gmx.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/200804202252.10394.peter_e%40gmx.net

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Would it be possible to support context diffs (like diff -c) in git-diff?  In 
many cases these are easier to interpret than the unified diff format.

I know I can do this via an external diff wrapper, but it'd be nicer if this 
were built in, considering that it is a very common format.

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