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From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>
Subject: RE: git with custom diff for commits
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:27:08 +0000 (GMT)
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Hi,

On Tue, 18 Dec 2007, Gerald Gutierrez wrote:

> Yes, but wouldn't it be slick to actually teach git's internal diff to 
> do things like GNU diff can, like the ignore option -I, case 
> insensitivity, etc. I thought that's what the external diff capability 
> is for, but it is not so.

I disagree.  Your statement is misleading when you say you want the 
internal diff to do things like GNU diff can.

What you want to do _in fact_ is not only modify the diff _output_, but 
the commit _input_.

And I am not so keen on such filters.  If I do not want to commit,  I do 
not change it to begin with.  Yes, your mysqldump is a special case here.  
But it is special anyway, as it is not source code.

Ciao,
Dscho