On Sun, 25 Mar 2012, chaitanyaa nalla wrote: > "creating side-by-side diff from unified diff in JavaScript, so that > switching between unified and side-by-side diff view could be done > entirely client-side, without hitting the server" > > could you please elaborate on this, I didn't understand this completly. Side-by-side diff is a new gitweb feature, available in v.7.9 (since commit 6ba1eb5 (gitweb: Add a feature to show side-by-side diff, 2011-10-31)) Both git.kernel.org and repo.or.cz are based on an older version of gitweb. You need to install gitweb to test this (and perhaps git-instaweb for easier HTML preview). In short: unified diff like this: @@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ UI, Workflows & Features ctx -foo +bar is turned into side-by-side diff: ctx ctx -foo +bar Commit 6ae683c (gitweb: Add navigation to select side-by-side diff, 2011-10-31) allows switching between unified and side-by-side diff; the goal of this feature would be to make it client-side (hijacking the link). -- Jakub Narebski Poland -- 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