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git:diff - adding --patience option

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Hello! I am used to work with --patience option, because many times it produces an easier to read diff.

Is there any way I can add this to all the diff operations executed?

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Created 7 years ago
Comments:6 (3 by maintainers)

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stdedoscommented, Oct 28, 2016

Oh! My bad in reading the settings. File. Thank you for the reference though, it cleaned up my head.

I thought it would also look like, eg: git log --patience “the rest”

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asfaltboycommented, Oct 28, 2016

@stdedos if you could kindly clarify what you expect from this feature that is not provided by “global_flags”? There is nothing inherently wrong with using this setting.

In other words, if you always include this flag, simply edit your GitSavvy User settings to include:

"global_flags": {
    "diff": ["--patience"]
}

Otherwise, we’d appreciate if you could describe your optimal expected solution.

related to #430

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