Quoting Jay Soffian <jaysoffian@xxxxxxxxx> >> But is apparently ignored by "git log -p" and "git show" which just >> use internal diff. Is this behavior intentional? > > Ah, --ext-diff, and the reasoning behind requiring it for log/show is > explained in 72909be. The need to give --ext-diff is mentioned in 72909be (Add diff-option --ext-diff, 2007-06-30) but its log message doesn't 'explain' why external diff isn't used by default and you need to pass that extra option. Probably --ext-diff should be the default? -- Nanako Shiraishi http://ivory.ap.teacup.com/nanako3/ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html