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--color-words for gitk?

Subject: --color-words for gitk?

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One message between Mar 26, 2010 and Mar 26, 2010.

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Eelis van der Weegen· Mar 26, 2010, 14:58 UTC · lore

I really like the word-by-word diff that one gets by saying

  git log -p --color-words

Unfortunately, I can't seem to find a way to get the same effect in gitk.

Am I overlooking something?

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