3 messages, 3 authors, 2016-06-15 · open the first message on its own page
From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:43:04
"Martin Langhoff" [off-list ref] writes:
On 4/13/07, Paul Mackerras [off-list ref] wrote:quoted
Side-by-side would be more challenging.<wish>If someone gets started on side-by-side, I'd love to have char-level diff colouring,... icecream too.</wish>
Is it different from the --color-words (whose implementation I happen to hate)?
From: Martin Langhoff <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:43:04
On 4/13/07, Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] wrote:
"Martin Langhoff" [off-list ref] writes:quoted
On 4/13/07, Paul Mackerras [off-list ref] wrote:quoted
Side-by-side would be more challenging.<wish>If someone gets started on side-by-side, I'd love to have char-level diff colouring,... icecream too.</wish>Is it different from the --color-words (whose implementation I happen to hate)?
Didn't know about --color-words (goes away, tests...) no, nothing like that. I don't like --color-words. To see what I mean, try git-show v1.4.4:git-cvsserver.perl > file1 git-show v1.5.1:git-cvsserver.perl > file2 xxdiff file1 file2 Just press 'n' twice to get to the 2nd "hunk" and you'll see what I mean. Next is 'n', previous is 'p'. It's useful to visualise subtle differences, and to spot commonalities in large changes. Some aspects of xxdiff UI are horrid but this feature... is great. Probably tries a scan for commonalities from the start and end of the line. And then perhaps from the middle or from each beginning of alpha char sequence. cheers, m
From: Johannes Schindelin <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:43:04
Hi, On Thu, 12 Apr 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote:
[...] the --color-words (whose implementation I happen to hate) [...]
I know that we talked about it previously. And strictly, I think it is not the implementation that you hate, but the rules that were implemented. I'll have a look at what you wrote back then, and try to come up with some sensible alternatives, so you don't have to hate the code so much. Ciao, Dscho