Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> writes: > But maybe they would be willing to install git to get that wonderful > git-apply program, and that wonderful rename-and-mode-aware > git-diff, and the git-merge-file program, all of which can operate > outside of a git repository. (Take that, hg!) As long as git-diff lists all added files in a second non-git dirtree as "/dev/null" when doing git-diff --name-status -B -M -C dir1 dir2 its usefulness is limited. git-diff --name-status -B -M -C dir1 dir2 D dir1/auctex-11.84/CHANGES D dir1/auctex-11.84/COPYING D dir1/auctex-11.84/ChangeLog [...] D dir1/auctex-11.84/preview/preview-latex.spec D dir1/auctex-11.84/preview/prv-emacs.el D dir1/auctex-11.84/preview/prv-install.el D dir1/auctex-11.84/tex-site.el.in D dir1/auctex-11.84/tex-wizard.el A /dev/null A /dev/null R100 dir1/auctex-11.84/images/amstex.xpm dir2/etc/auctex/images/amstex.xpm R100 dir1/auctex-11.84/images/bibtex.xpm dir2/etc/auctex/images/bibtex.xpm R100 dir1/auctex-11.84/images/dropdown.xpm dir2/etc/auctex/images/dropdown.xpm [...] R100 dir1/auctex-11.84/images/viewdvi.xpm dir2/etc/auctex/images/viewdvi.xpm R100 dir1/auctex-11.84/images/viewpdf.xpm dir2/etc/auctex/images/viewpdf.xpm R100 dir1/auctex-11.84/images/viewps.xpm dir2/etc/auctex/images/viewps.xpm A /dev/null A /dev/null A /dev/null A /dev/null A /dev/null A /dev/null and so on. git --version git version 1.5.2.2.565.gde09 -- David Kastrup - 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
