On Mo, Jan 18, 2010 at 04:45:53 (CET), Scott Kitterman wrote: > This method of diffing works fine, except that the previous branch has > to be re- downloaded each time the diff is done. In this case I was > trying to remove extraneous white space changes that had crept into > the packages so it took several tries to get them all. For larger > packages or people with a slow internet connection, the need to > re-download the diff will have a substantial negative impact.
As already mentioned, fetching both branches (the ubuntu and debian import) into a local repository mitigates this problem. The 'grab-merge'-like wrapper that you proposed could and probably should do exactly that. > Additionally, I miss a way to diff just the debian directories. For > new upstream releases (which this wasn't, so I didn't hit it) I find > this a critical way to review the packaging differences between the > old and new packages. This is possible and in fact for me a killer argument for using DVCS tools for managing packages in the first place: bzr diff --old lp:debian/package debian/control for diffing only debian control, or bzr diff --old lp:debian/package debian for diffing the debian subdirectory only. -- Gruesse/greetings, Reinhard Tartler, KeyID 945348A4 -- ubuntu-distributed-devel mailing list ubuntu-distributed-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-distributed-devel
