Subject: Re: diff settings

From: Ted Pavlic <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 16:02:10 -0500

>>      git config --global alias.dff "diff -w"
>>
>> Then "git dff" is your new "git diff -w". :-)
>
> That feature is gonna come in handy.  It doesn't 100% fulfill my needs here but
> I like it!  Thanks, I did not know about alias.*

Mercurial has a "defaults.*" that does exactly what you want. That is, 
you can say

[defaults]
diff = -w

and "hg diff" will automatically do "hg diff -w". Such a feature might 
be a nice addition to git.

--Ted

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