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Re: [Orgmode] Re: Git recommendations
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Alex Ott |
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Re: [Orgmode] Re: Git recommendations |
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Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:25:57 +0100 |
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>>>>> "SW" == Samuel Wales writes:
SW> Do you know whether any of the git modes allow you to preprocess the
SW> files that get diffed or ediffed?
in magit you can see diff for separate files
SW> For example, let's say that you want to ignore all line moves. In
SW> that case, you might run both files (e.g. an old version and the
SW> current version) through "sort -u".
SW> Then the diff will look funny if you made a lot of changes, but if you
SW> only moved lines, it would show up as a zero diff, which is exactly
SW> what you want if you don't care about line moves. If you made just a
SW> few changes and a lot of line moves, those changes would show up. A
SW> more sophisticated algorithm could keep the changed lines in place.
SW> Likewise, you could preprocess org files to make diffs cleaner by
SW> eliminating all level changes, etc.
SW> I have done this in the shell for a long time and found it useful; it
SW> would be nice in a git mode, if any support that.
SW> Of course, perhaps it could be done in ediff, somehow.
SW> I wonder if dvc will win because it has backends.
You can look through modes, described in my article at
http://xtalk.msk.su/~ott/en/writings/emacs-vcs/EmacsGit.html
In DVC, as i remember, support for Git is still very basic
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With best wishes, Alex Ott, MBA
http://alexott.blogspot.com/ http://xtalk.msk.su/~ott/
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