[PATCH 4 of 8] ui: add diff.git to progressive mode

Matt Mackall mpm at selenic.com
Tue Mar 31 13:05:34 CDT 2015


On Tue, 2015-03-31 at 09:55 -0400, Augie Fackler wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 06:39:25AM -0500, Matt Mackall wrote:
> > On Sat, 2015-03-28 at 05:51 -0500, Mathias De Maré wrote:
> > > # HG changeset patch
> > > # User Mathias De Maré <mathias.demare at gmail.com>
> > > # Date 1427229614 -3600
> > > #      Tue Mar 24 21:40:14 2015 +0100
> > > # Node ID 6b6bc41ccff75869e2f760ee595e564a0334060e
> > > # Parent  ea4595977e4e882b7a355e7e7430989cee3ea000
> > > ui: add diff.git to progressive mode
> >
> > Still needs a warning somewhere that this stops giving standard diffs,
> > which means it's going to break lots of other tools that aren't
> > git-diff-aware. Like patch(1), which has been apparently been lingering
> > in state of partial git support for the last couple years.
> 
> So, I know patch(1) will drop information in a git-diff, but I've
> never seen a git-diff that actually breaks patch(1)[0]. Do you have such
> an example?

I have a vague memory of issues with binary diffs and ordering of
multiple renames.

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