On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Ross Barrett <[email protected]> wrote:
> I suspect this is a stupid question, but I've read the documentation and 
> can't figure out the answer.

Not stupid at all.

> Whenever I create a diff via TortoiseHG and then select "Save as" the diff is 
> saved in Git format (if I preview the save, it shows the diff command as 
> having the --git option_, even though I have git = false in both my global 
> and repo settings.  What am I doing wrong?  How do I save diffs in normal 
> format?

>From this mechanism in the status window, there is no way to save a
non-git style diff because it always generates git diffs in order to
parse them into hunks.  This would be pretty difficult to change.

If you are just saving an entire changeset, I recommend the 'Export ->
Export patch' menu option of the repository explorer.  It will respect
your git preference.

--
Steve Borho

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