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[PATCH] Add option to present server changes as diffs

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Message #97 received at 60338 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>
Cc: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>, 60338 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Eshel Yaron <me <at> eshelyaron.com>,
 João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>,
 Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#60338: [PATCH] Add option to present server changes as diffs
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2023 09:28:31 +0300

> Two other thoughts after trying it:
>
> - I would probably want to bind the originally proposed
>   'diff-apply-everything' to 'C-c C-c' (e.g. "commit the change to disk"),
>   but that's already taken in diff-mode.

If there are no more intuitive keys, maybe then use the proposed by Philip
'C-c C-x'?

> - 'git diff' has a less-frequently used option called '--word-diff' which
>   could reduce the length of the diff in the case I am testing (but I guess
>   diff-mode would have to be updated to support that output). And another
>   way in that direction would be to reduce the size of the diff context
>  (e.g. to 0).

Whereas the output of '--word-diff' is closer to VS Code, but it's hard to read
for anyone accustomed to the diff unified format ;-)

BTW, it looks '--word-diff' could help Samuel in bug#61396?

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