Re: Time to put context diffs in the grave

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(dot)dunstan(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Time to put context diffs in the grave
Date: 2018-05-23 20:48:11
Message-ID: CAA8=A7_A=K28mEnYq_wGbV1EGT4bWNHoO19h6Pw_pO8gULrRhw@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 10:52 PM, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 2018-05-21 21:51:11 -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>> We haven't insisted on context diffs in years now, and one of my
>> interlocutors has just turned handsprings trying to follow the advice at
>> <https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Working_with_Git> to produce his first
>> patch.
>>
>>
>> Unless someone objects really violently I'm going to rip all that stuff out
>> and let sanity prevail.
>
> Yes. Please.
>

OK, that's done. Now I think we can get rid of git-external-diff.
While we're about it, does anyone use make_diff any more? It seems
rather ancient and crufty.

cheers

andrew

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