Patchdiff

3 messages, 3 authors, 2016-06-15 · open the first message on its own page

Patchdiff

From: Sverre Rabbelier <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:48:06

Heya,

Do we have anything that allows me to compare two versions of a patch?
In theory it'd do something like "apply both patches to the their
merge base, then show the diff between the results". I don't think we
have something like that, since there's probably some major caveats
about conflicts when applying the patches to their merge-base. Or
perhaps my theory is silly, and there's an easier way to compare two
patches (other than looking at a diff's diff, which I've never been
good at).

-- 
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier

Re: Patchdiff

From: Jonathan Nieder <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:48:06

Hi,

Sverre Rabbelier wrote:
Do we have anything that allows me to compare two versions of a patch?
In theory it'd do something like "apply both patches to the their
merge base, then show the diff between the results".
It’s not git specific, but maybe interdiff [1] could help.

Ciao,
Jonathan

[1] http://cyberelk.net/tim/data/patchutils/stable/

Re: Patchdiff

From: Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:48:06

On Wed, 27 Jan 2010, Sverre Rabbelier wrote:
Heya,

Do we have anything that allows me to compare two versions of a patch?
In theory it'd do something like "apply both patches to the their
merge base, then show the diff between the results". I don't think we
have something like that, since there's probably some major caveats
about conflicts when applying the patches to their merge-base. Or
perhaps my theory is silly, and there's an easier way to compare two
patches (other than looking at a diff's diff, which I've never been
good at).
What about Git's diff -c/--cc ?  You'd have to reverse the parenthood 
logic though.


Nicolas
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