Thread (8 messages) flat view 8 messages, 5 authors, 2016-08-11

Re: git: how to produce context diffs?

From: Jakub Narebski <hidden>
Date: 2016-08-11 20:22:09

Bruno Haible wrote:
Is this a bug in git-diff? The git-diff-files.html says:

  " When the environment variable GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF is not set ...
    For example, if you prefer context diff:
    GIT_DIFF_OPTS=-c git-diff-index -p HEAD  "

This doesn't work for me with git-1.4.4:
Yes, the bug in documentation, I think. There is an option '-c' to git-diff,
but it means "combined diff" (for merges), not "context diff".
-- 
Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
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