Re: Time to put context diffs in the grave

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(dot)dunstan(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Time to put context diffs in the grave
Date: 2018-06-19 20:52:29
Message-ID: 20180619205229.GA12499@momjian.us
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On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 05:01:58PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew(dot)dunstan(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> > OK, that's done. Now I think we can get rid of git-external-diff.
>
> I for one rely on that. I won't tell anyone else what kind of diff
> they have to read, but if you try to tell me what kind of diff I have
> to read, I'm going to complain.
>
> > While we're about it, does anyone use make_diff any more? It seems
> > rather ancient and crufty.
>
> Not me, but judging from the README, possibly Bruce still uses it.

I have local copies, so they can be removed. I added them years ago in
case they helped anyone else.

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