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2014-05-09contrib: remove git-diffallLibravatar Jonathan Nieder1-31/+0
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>
2012-02-27contrib: add git-diffall scriptLibravatar Tim Henigan1-0/+31
The 'git difftool' allows the user to view diffs using an external tool. It runs a separate instance of the tool for each file in the diff. This makes it tedious to review changes spanning multiple files. The 'git-diffall' script instead prepares temporary directories with the files to be compared and launches a single instance of the external diff tool to view them (i.e. a directory diff). The 'diff.tool' or 'merge.tool' configuration variable is used to specify which external tool is used. Signed-off-by: Tim Henigan <tim.henigan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>