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From: "Raimund Bauer" <ray@softwarelandschaft.com>
Subject: RE: [wishlist] graphical diff
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2007 09:14:58 +0100
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On Monday, March 19, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> > s=F6ndag 18 mars 2007 14:16 skrev Raimund Bauer:
> > > I think it would be really helpful (especially for=20
> newbies like me)=20
> > > to have an option like
> > >=20
> > > git diff --gui [revisions] <singe path spec>
>=20
> And how do you set _what_ gui you want? Everybody has her pet=20
> diff-viewer=20
> (mine is less, BTW).

Maybe with a git.gui config option (like merge.tool)?
Or by specifying on the commandline:

git diff --gui=3D<my-gui-differ> ...

And <my-gui-differ> =3D xxdiff | kompare | tkdiff | ...

--=20
best regards

  Ray