Hi David,
[please Cc me, since I will be more likely to miss replies if you do not]
On Tue, 3 Jul 2007, David Kastrup wrote:
> Johannes Schindelin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > But maybe they would be willing to install git to get that wonderful
> > git-apply program, and that wonderful rename-and-mode-aware git-diff,
> > and the git-merge-file program, all of which can operate outside of a
> > git repository. (Take that, hg!)
>
> As long as git-diff lists all added files in a second non-git dirtree
> as "/dev/null" when doing
> git-diff --name-status -B -M -C dir1 dir2
> its usefulness is limited.
>
> git-diff --name-status -B -M -C dir1 dir2
> D dir1/auctex-11.84/CHANGES
> D dir1/auctex-11.84/COPYING
> D dir1/auctex-11.84/ChangeLog
>
> [...]
Yes, directories are a problem. There our DWIMery does not really help.
But there is a solution: say
git diff --name-status --no-index -B -M -C dir1 dir2
Hth,
Dscho
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