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author Dirkjan Ochtman <dirkjan@ochtman.nl>
date Sat, 01 Nov 2008 13:06:36 +0100
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229 operations which are very useful to modern version control systems 229 operations which are very useful to modern version control systems
230 such as Mercurial, in trying to faithfully replay your changes. 230 such as Mercurial, in trying to faithfully replay your changes.
231 231
232 In building Mercurial, we made a choice to support the git diff 232 In building Mercurial, we made a choice to support the git diff
233 format, but we haven't made it the default. This is because for a 233 format, but we haven't made it the default. This is because for a
234 long time, the format for unified diffs we usually use has been 234 long time, the format for unified diffs we usually use has been
235 defined by GNU patch, and it doesn't (yet) support git's extensions 235 defined by GNU patch, and it doesn't (yet) support git's extensions
236 to the diff format. This means that, when extracting diffs from a 236 to the diff format. This means that, when extracting diffs from a
237 Mercurial repository (through the diff command, for example), you 237 Mercurial repository (through the diff command, for example), you
238 must be careful about things like file copies and renames (file 238 must be careful about things like file copies and renames (file
239 creation and deletion are mostly handled fine by the traditional 239 creation and deletion are mostly handled fine by the traditional