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From: Matt McClure <matthewlmcclure@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] t7800: fix tests when difftool uses --no-symlinks
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2013 09:24:02 -0400
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On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 1:19 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> Admittedly I do not use difftool myself, and I have long assumed
> that difftool users are using the tools to _view_ the changes, but
> apparently some of the tools let the user muck with what is shown,
> and also apparently people seem to like the fact that they can make
> changes.  So I've led to believe the "update in difftool, take the
> change back to working tree, either by making symbolic links or
> copying them back" behaviour was a _feature_.

Definitely. Here's how I use it:
http://matthewlmcclure.com/s/2013/03/14/use-emacs-dircmp-mode-as-a-git-difftool.html

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