Yes, that's exactly my use case, exacerbated by the fact that FileMerge/opendiff are real slow when used from fossil/git/bzr per file, taking on the order of seconds for every file it has to show, which doesn't happen when used from the GUI (radr #16400583 in bugreport.apple.com). Additionally opendiff CAN diff an entire directory, which would be the vastly preferrable use, offering the best interface, without the aforementioned per-file delay.
Is gdiffing an entire directory something that could/should be added to fossil? I know at least one other gdiff tool that can do directories, though the name escapes me right now. On 25 September 2014 08:50, Tony Papadimitriou <to...@acm.org> wrote: > Well, it may not seem like a problem if you compare a single file that you > know has no differences, but imagine you’re checking a specific directory > with hundreds of files, only one or two of which have changed. Fossil will > invoke WinDiff and have you look at every single file in that directory, > instead of the one or two that actually have changed. So, it IS kind of a > problem, unless you avoid using WinDiff and use –tk option. > > From: dave > Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2014 12:07 AM > To: 'Fossil SCM user's discussion' > Subject: Re: [fossil-users] gdiff/opendiff on os x: suppress unchanged > files? > > Oh, OK. Well, if I do, say > > C:\Experiments\libfossil>fossil gdiff configure > > in my environment, I do indeed get a WinDiff on that file showing no > changes, but isnt' that what I asked it to do, rather than not pop up > WinDiff at all and make me think something is wrong? > > Oh, well, I guess I don't understand the particualr use-case, and probably > I'm just adding noise to the conversation at this point, so I'll duck out. > At least in the scenarios I described below, it seems to be working right to > my sensibilities in at least version 1.29. > > _______________________________________________ > fossil-users mailing list > fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org > http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users > _______________________________________________ fossil-users mailing list fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users
