I think something like this would help the traditional diff format a lot: http://www.redmine.org/issues/7139
Bill On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 10:26 PM, Richard Hipp <[email protected]> wrote: > A lot of people have been telling me that they prefer the "unified" or > "context" style in-line diffs over side-by-side diffs. And I have to admit > that sometimes an in-line diff is easier to read and understand. But > side-by-side diffs, especially with the recent enhancements, sometime give > a much clearer picture of what changed. The following is a dramatic > example of this that I stumbled over while testing. First the in-line diff: > > > http://www.fossil-scm.org/fossil/fdiff?v1=25b66bf2fcb&v2=1a6be6bad57&sbs=0#chunk3 > > Can you tell what changed? Now look at the side-by-side diff: > > > http://www.fossil-scm.org/fossil/fdiff?v1=25b66bf2fcb&v2=1a6be6bad57&sbs=1#chunk3 > > Surely you will admit that, in this case at least, the side-by-side diff > gives a much clearer picture of what happened.... > -- > D. Richard Hipp > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > fossil-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users > >
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