-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Shawn O. Pearce wrote: > Pete/Piet Delaney <pete@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I imported the CVS repository to git and it worked great. Since all >> of our other repository are in bitkeeper the management would like to >> stick with CVS. With git apparently still being weak in the area of >> supporting difftool on different version that seems somewhat reasonable >> for the time being. > ... >> I was curious why the difftool paradigm hasn't been integrated into >> the git GUIs. It's very comfortable and I think it has been used in >> other source code control systems, for example Sun Microsystems. > > What's difftool? What's so great about it? It's a side by side graphical diff. So instead of showing the difference like diff does it takes the output from diff and shows the originals with the diffs highlighted. tkdiff is a good example that's easy to down load and see. So just imagine allowing git-gui to run tkdiff of revisions you select with the mouse. > > Forgive my ignorance but it has been many years since I last used > BitKeeper and even when I did use it I didn't get into many of the > features it offered. Its entirely possible I never learned about > difftool. Try downloading tkdiff. There also a X implementation, I think it's xdiff. > > I've never found that I cannot get the information I need out of Git > when I need it. Actually I've found it to be the easiest VCS to get > data out of, beating CVS, Perforce, BitKeeper, SVN, etc. hands down. > Of course I also know Git better than I know those tools... Try tkdiff and then tell me you don't find it easier to read that the straight output from diff. - -piet -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHFAi4JICwm/rv3hoRAluCAJ9jFrA9G8aKQi1rtM2CSiNnmhlo4wCeJjk7 LONAM+lzvin021HAhQ8jKoE= =QsE/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - 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
