different diff tools based on file endings
Mads Kiilerich
mads at kiilerich.com
Thu Mar 26 07:02:21 CDT 2009
On 03/26/2009 12:55 PM, Peter Arrenbrecht wrote:
> I'd like this, too. Even for meld, which _can_ do tree diffs. The
> reason is to show the tree diff, Hg sets it up with two temp dirs
> holding only the differing files. This means I cannot use it to
> selectively undo changes against the real file in the working copy
> with ease.
>
Actually you _can_ edit the files in the temp dirs; extdiff will copy
any changed files back to the working directory.
(But note http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/bts/issue1562)
I _always_ run "hg extdiff -p meld" and review and make minor edits
before committing.
/Mads
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