Re: Meaning of double + and - in Gitk's diff pane

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Dirk SÃsserott <newsletter@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Am 21.03.2011 20:37 schrieb Junio C Hamano:
>> Dirk SÃsserott<newsletter@xxxxxxxxxxx>  writes:
>>
>>> I regularly use gitk to get an overview. Great tool.
>>> But sometimes it shows me in the diff pane lines preceeded
>>> with two + or - signs or they are colored in blue or black
>>> or printed in bold. I think this is true for merge commits
>>> with conflicts.
>>
>> Look at the bottom summary of this message for a brief summary:
>>
>>    http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/15486/focus=15527
>>
>> If you want to know more about how the multi-way diff is condensed, you
>> would find this message from Linus in the same thread illuminating:
>>
>>    http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/15486/focus=15600
>>
>> (Ignore the bottom part where Linus complains about gitk output---the old
>> implementation in gitk has gone long time ago).
>>
>> And also this one, again from Linus:
>>
>>    http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/15486/focus=15491
>>
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>
> Junio, thanks. When I've found the time, I'll probably condense Linus'
> explanations and submit a documentation patch. It's not explained
> in the actual git docs, right?

How about checking "git diff"?  The same conclusion should be in there, as
I wrote the implementation, docs and the messages there.
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