For using QuitDiff you need to have python version 3 installed (3.9 or later).
To install the required packages use pip:
pipx install quit-diff
git-difftool
Add one of the following sections to you ~/.gitconfig
(in your home directory) or .git/config
(in your git working directory).
[difftool "quit-diff"]
cmd = quit-diff --base=\"$BASE\" \"$LOCAL\" \"$REMOTE\"
The git diff tool can then called with one of the following commands
$ git difftool -t quit-diff
$ git difftool -t quit-diff HEAD~0..HEAD~2
To specify the diff format you can set the QUIT_DIFF_FORMAT
environment variable.
$ QUIT_DIFF_FORMAT=changeset git difftool -t quit-diff HEAD^
$ QUIT_DIFF_FORMAT=sparql git difftool -t quit-diff HEAD^
$ QUIT_DIFF_FORMAT=eccrev git difftool -t quit-diff HEAD^
git diff
Add the following sections to you ~/.gitconfig
(in your home directory) or .git/config
(in your git working directory).
[diff "quit-diff"]
command = quit-diff
and the following to .gitattributes
(in your git working directory).
*.nq diff=quit-diff
*.trig diff=quit-diff
*.nt diff=quit-diff
*.ttl diff=quit-diff
*.rdf diff=quit-diff
git diff can then called with one of the following commands
$ git diff
$ git diff HEAD~0..HEAD~2
This tool can be used for git-diff or as git-difftool
if using as git-diff, the parameters are: path old-file old-hex old-mode new-file new-hex new-mode
https://git-scm.com/docs/git-difftool
$LOCAL is set to the name of the temporary file containing the contents of the diff pre-image and
$REMOTE is set to the name of the temporary file containing the contents of the diff post-image.
$MERGED is the name of the file which is being compared.
$BASE is provided for compatibility with custom merge tool commands and has the same value as $MERGED.
local is the old version
remote is the new version
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