* [PATCH] INSTALL: no need to have GNU diff installed
@ 2006-12-14 10:40 Johannes Schindelin
2006-12-14 20:46 ` Eric Wong
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Johannes Schindelin @ 2006-12-14 10:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git, junkio
Since a long time, we have inbuilt diff generation.
Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
---
INSTALL | 10 ----------
1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index b5dd9f0..e7aea60 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -72,16 +72,6 @@ Issues of note:
- expat library; git-http-push uses it for remote lock
management over DAV. Similar to "curl" above, this is optional.
- - "GNU diff" to generate patches. Of course, you don't _have_ to
- generate patches if you don't want to, but let's face it, you'll
- be wanting to. Or why did you get git in the first place?
-
- Non-GNU versions of the diff/patch programs don't generally support
- the unified patch format (which is the one git uses), so you
- really do want to get the GNU one. Trust me, you will want to
- do that even if it wasn't for git. There's no point in living
- in the dark ages any more.
-
- "wish", the Tcl/Tk windowing shell is used in gitk to show the
history graphically
--
1.4.4.2.ga1b439-dirty
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* Re: [PATCH] INSTALL: no need to have GNU diff installed
2006-12-14 10:40 [PATCH] INSTALL: no need to have GNU diff installed Johannes Schindelin
@ 2006-12-14 20:46 ` Eric Wong
2006-12-14 23:40 ` Johannes Schindelin
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Eric Wong @ 2006-12-14 20:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Johannes Schindelin; +Cc: git, junkio
Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
>
> Since a long time, we have inbuilt diff generation.
We still require it for running tests. And git-rerere just
added a dependency on it (my fault :)
--
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* Re: [PATCH] INSTALL: no need to have GNU diff installed
2006-12-14 20:46 ` Eric Wong
@ 2006-12-14 23:40 ` Johannes Schindelin
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Johannes Schindelin @ 2006-12-14 23:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Eric Wong; +Cc: git, junkio
Hi,
On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, Eric Wong wrote:
> Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
> >
> > Since a long time, we have inbuilt diff generation.
>
> We still require it for running tests. And git-rerere just
> added a dependency on it (my fault :)
Ah! Some of the tests are my fault, since I find the output of "diff -u"
so much more pleasant than "cmp" when trying to find a bug.
How about adding a GNU diff look alike, say "git-file-diff"?
Ciao,
Dscho
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