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37 lines
1.2 KiB
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# NAME
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git-annex diffdriver - external git diff driver shim
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# SYNOPSIS
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git annex diffdriver `-- cmd --opts --`
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# DESCRIPTION
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This is an external git diff driver shim. Normally, when using `git diff`
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with an external diff driver, the symlinks to annexed files are not set up
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right, so the external diff driver cannot read them in order to perform
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smart diffing of their contents. This command works around the problem,
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by passing the fixed up files to the real external diff driver.
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To use this, you will need to have installed some git external diff driver
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command. This is not the regular diff command; it takes a git-specific
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input. See git's documentation of `GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF` and
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gitattributes(5)'s documentation of external diff drivers.
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Configure git to use "git-annex diffdriver -- cmd params --"
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as the external diff driver, where cmd is the external diff
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driver you want it to run, and params are any extra parameters to pass
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to it. Note the trailing "--", which is required.
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For example, set `GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF=git-annex diffdriver -- j-c-diff --`
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# SEE ALSO
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[[git-annex]](1)
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# AUTHOR
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Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
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Warning: Automatically converted into a man page by mdwn2man. Edit with care.
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