difftool --gui --no-prompt "bfee3ff" -- "file.txt" When file.txt contents in "bfee3ff" are the same as in current working dir the diff tool is not opened.
This is problematic for git tools which depend on git difftool to launch external tools. There is a legitimate use case to open external diff editor to introduce modifications to a file and in such case it shouldn't be up to git to decide whether to open external diff or not. Is there a way to force git to open external diff tool in such a case? If not, suggestion would be to add -f --force option to open external diff even when contents are the same. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
