More lines of context sometimes help to better understand a diff. This patch introduces a text field above the box displaying the blobdiffs. You can type in the number of lines of context that you wish to view. The number of lins ines of context is initially always set to 3. Signed-off-by: Steffen Prohaska <prohaska@xxxxxx> --- gitk | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) I included the changes proposed by Paul. From my side, the patch is ready to be applied. Steffen diff --git a/gitk b/gitk index 39e452a..9de9574 100755 --- a/gitk +++ b/gitk @@ -500,6 +500,7 @@ proc makewindow {} { global textfont mainfont uifont tabstop global findtype findtypemenu findloc findstring fstring geometry global entries sha1entry sha1string sha1but + global diffcontextstring diffcontext global maincursor textcursor curtextcursor global rowctxmenu fakerowmenu mergemax wrapcomment global highlight_files gdttype @@ -714,7 +715,16 @@ proc makewindow {} { -command changediffdisp -variable diffelide -value {0 1} radiobutton .bleft.mid.new -text "New version" \ -command changediffdisp -variable diffelide -value {1 0} - pack .bleft.mid.diff .bleft.mid.old .bleft.mid.new -side left + label .bleft.mid.labeldiffcontext -text " Lines of context: " \ + -font $uifont + spinbox .bleft.mid.diffcontext -width 5 -font $textfont \ + -from 1 -increment 1 -to 10000000 \ + -validate all -validatecommand "diffcontextvalidate %P" \ + -textvariable diffcontextstring + .bleft.mid.diffcontext set $diffcontext + trace add variable diffcontextstring write diffcontextchange + lappend entries .bleft.mid.diffcontext + pack .bleft.mid.diff .bleft.mid.old .bleft.mid.new .bleft.mid.labeldiffcontext .bleft.mid.diffcontext -side left set ctext .bleft.ctext text $ctext -background $bgcolor -foreground $fgcolor \ -tabs "[expr {$tabstop * $charspc}]" \ @@ -4872,12 +4882,37 @@ proc gettreediffline {gdtf ids} { return 0 } +# empty strings or integers accepted +proc diffcontextvalidate {v} { + if {[string length $v] == 0} { + return 1 + } + if {[string is integer $v]} { + if {$v > 0} { + return 1 + } + } + return 0 +} + +proc diffcontextchange {n1 n2 op} { + global diffcontextstring diffcontext + + if {[string is integer $diffcontextstring]} { + if {$diffcontextstring > 0} { + set diffcontext $diffcontextstring + reselectline + } + } +} + proc getblobdiffs {ids} { global diffopts blobdifffd diffids env global diffinhdr treediffs + global diffcontext set env(GIT_DIFF_OPTS) $diffopts - if {[catch {set bdf [open [diffcmd $ids {-p -C}] r]} err]} { + if {[catch {set bdf [open [diffcmd $ids "-p -C -U$diffcontext"] r]} err]} { puts "error getting diffs: $err" return } @@ -7537,6 +7572,8 @@ set markingmatches 0 set optim_delay 16 +set diffcontext 3 + set nextviewnum 1 set curview 0 set selectedview 0 -- 1.5.3.rc3.21.g45610 - 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