Re: Time to put context diffs in the grave

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(dot)dunstan(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
Cc: 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: 2018-05-23 21:01:58
Message-ID: 9981.1527109318@sss.pgh.pa.us
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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.
In any case, is it hurting anything?

regards, tom lane

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