From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.5 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE6922018F for ; Sun, 17 Jul 2016 17:26:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751110AbcGQR0a (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Jul 2016 13:26:30 -0400 Received: from shell1.rawbw.com ([198.144.192.42]:60148 "EHLO shell1.rawbw.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751104AbcGQR0a (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Jul 2016 13:26:30 -0400 Received: from nad.dad.org (m206-54.dsl.tsoft.com [198.144.206.54]) by shell1.rawbw.com (8.15.1/8.15.1) with ESMTP id u6HHQShO005227; Sun, 17 Jul 2016 10:26:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from norm@dad.org) Message-Id: <201607171726.u6HHQShO005227@shell1.rawbw.com> X-Authentication-Warning: shell1.rawbw.com: Host m206-54.dsl.tsoft.com [198.144.206.54] claimed to be nad.dad.org To: l.s.r@web.de cc: git@vger.kernel.org, norm@dad.org Subject: Re: Question: Getting 'git diff' to generate /usr/bin/diff output In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 17 Jul 2016 14:18:01 +0200." <578B7779.6090507@web.de> Reply-To: Norman Shapiro From: norm@dad.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <26696.1468776387.1@nad.dad.org> Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2016 10:26:27 -0700 Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org writes: > >The other replies covered how to use the system's own diff instead. >Just curious: What makes using git diff difficult and its output hard to >deal with for you? In decreasing importance order: I am 84 years old. I have been using /usr/bin/diff for more than four decades. And having to learn how to read the output of 'git diff' makes learning how to use git a more difficult trick for this old dog to learn. True, the diff of today is very different from the diff of 1972, but the changes happened gradually. I have scripts which process the output of /usr/bin/diff. 'git diff' outputs escape characters which clutter my terminal. Yes, I can sed them out, but then why are they there? Norman Shapiro