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| author |  Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> | 2014-05-09 13:12:46 -0700 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2014-05-09 13:30:17 -0700 |
| commit | 502b0a1ad145a7d77733008946c833ba7d3d100d (patch) | |
| tree | d8242bf4c684edb6a0da2059d9333188cba19868 /contrib/diffall/README | |
| parent | Git 2.0-rc2 (diff) | |
| download | tgif-502b0a1ad145a7d77733008946c833ba7d3d100d.tar.xz | |
contrib: remove git-diffall
The functionality of the "git diffall" script in contrib/ was
incorporated into "git difftool" when the --dir-diff option was added
in v1.7.11 (ca. June, 2012). Once difftool learned those features,
the diffall script became obsolete.
The only difference in behavior is that when comparing to the working
tree, difftool copies any files modified by the user back to the
working tree when the diff tool exits. "git diffall" required the
--copy-back option to do the same. All other diffall options have the
same meaning in difftool.
Make life easier for people choosing a tool to use by removing the old
diffall script. A pointer in the release notes should be enough to
help current users migrate.
Helped-by: Tim Henigan <tim.henigan@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'contrib/diffall/README')
| -rw-r--r-- | contrib/diffall/README | 31 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 31 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/diffall/README b/contrib/diffall/README deleted file mode 100644 index 507f17dcd6..0000000000 --- a/contrib/diffall/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,31 +0,0 @@ -The git-diffall script provides a directory based diff mechanism -for git. - -To determine what diff viewer is used, the script requires either -the 'diff.tool' or 'merge.tool' configuration option to be set. - -This script is compatible with most common forms used to specify a -range of revisions to diff: - - 1. git diffall: shows diff between working tree and staged changes - 2. git diffall --cached [<commit>]: shows diff between staged - changes and HEAD (or other named commit) - 3. git diffall <commit>: shows diff between working tree and named - commit - 4. git diffall <commit> <commit>: show diff between two named commits - 5. git diffall <commit>..<commit>: same as above - 6. git diffall <commit>...<commit>: show the changes on the branch - containing and up to the second, starting at a common ancestor - of both <commit> - -Note: all forms take an optional path limiter [-- <path>*] - -The '--extcmd=<command>' option allows the user to specify a custom -command for viewing diffs. When given, configured defaults are -ignored and the script runs $command $LOCAL $REMOTE. Additionally, -$BASE is set in the environment. - -This script is based on an example provided by Thomas Rast on the -Git list [1]: - -[1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/124807 |