# Re: [PATCH] INSTALL: no need to have GNU diff installed 3 messages from 2006-12-14 to 2006-12-14. Participants: Eric Wong, Johannes Schindelin. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/43446 ## Johannes Schindelin, 2006-12-14 10:40 Subject: [PATCH] INSTALL: no need to have GNU diff installed Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/Pine.LNX.4.63.0612141139540.3635%40wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de ``` Since a long time, we have inbuilt diff generation. Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin --- INSTALL | 10 ---------- 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index b5dd9f0..e7aea60 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -72,16 +72,6 @@ Issues of note: - expat library; git-http-push uses it for remote lock management over DAV. Similar to "curl" above, this is optional. - - "GNU diff" to generate patches. Of course, you don't _have_ to - generate patches if you don't want to, but let's face it, you'll - be wanting to. Or why did you get git in the first place? - - Non-GNU versions of the diff/patch programs don't generally support - the unified patch format (which is the one git uses), so you - really do want to get the GNU one. Trust me, you will want to - do that even if it wasn't for git. There's no point in living - in the dark ages any more. - - "wish", the Tcl/Tk windowing shell is used in gitk to show the history graphically -- 1.4.4.2.ga1b439-dirty ``` ## Eric Wong, 2006-12-14 20:46 Subject: Re: [PATCH] INSTALL: no need to have GNU diff installed Message-ID: <20061214204634.GF8179@localdomain> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20061214204634.GF8179%40localdomain In-Reply-To: ``` Johannes Schindelin wrote: > > Since a long time, we have inbuilt diff generation. We still require it for running tests. And git-rerere just added a dependency on it (my fault :) -- ``` ## Johannes Schindelin, 2006-12-14 23:40 Subject: Re: [PATCH] INSTALL: no need to have GNU diff installed Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/Pine.LNX.4.63.0612150037240.3635%40wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de In-Reply-To: <20061214204634.GF8179@localdomain> ``` Hi, On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, Eric Wong wrote: > Johannes Schindelin wrote: > > > > Since a long time, we have inbuilt diff generation. > > We still require it for running tests. And git-rerere just > added a dependency on it (my fault :) Ah! Some of the tests are my fault, since I find the output of "diff -u" so much more pleasant than "cmp" when trying to find a bug. How about adding a GNU diff look alike, say "git-file-diff"? Ciao, Dscho ```