git diff script is not portable

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: git diff script is not portable
Date: 2010-11-17 18:54:49
Message-ID: 201011171854.oAHIsnR18848@momjian.us
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Looking here:

http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Working_with_Git

the script we recommend for doing context diffs for git,
git-external-diff, is not portable:

http://anarazel.de/pg/git-external-diff

It uses diff -L, which is not supported by FreeBSD, and I imagine many
other operating systems.

If we want people to use this to produce context diffs, we should
provide a portable script. I can modify it to be portable, but it is
currently hosted on some other site. How should I handle this? How
do I contact the author, or perhaps I should create a new on on
ftp.postgresql.org and link to that.

Comments?

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