Re: change of git-diff-tree and symlinks

[Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>]

>>>>> "KS" == Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> writes:

>> Also there is a new parameter '-p' that allows the output of a patch 
>> directly instead of creating it with the help of temporary files as you 
>> do it in gitweb.

KS> Sure, gitweb did the diffs before git was able to do that. And it does
KS> not really matter who is creating the temp-files, the cgi or the
KS> git-binaries. :)

I agree that you are doing the right thing here.  In a scripted
environment it usually is more sensible not to use '-p' unless
generating the diff is the _only_ thing you are doing.  '-p' is
primarily for people who ends up using the bare plumbing
interactively.

KS> If things are stable some day, I may switch that over and maybe even
KS> support the nice rename detection.

Sorry for being the primary culprit for the disruption ;-).

You do not have to use '-p' to be able to use rename detection
nor any other diffcore stuff.  If you are processing
"git-diff-tree -r" output right now, you can already process
"git-diff-tree -r -B -M -S'foo' -Oorder" output just fine and
leave your downstream processing the same as is.