Fossil SCM

Clarified the comment in the gitusers doc about "fossil diff --numstat" output being cryptic.

wyoung 2021-01-26 13:41 trunk
Commit 0271fa086a39f3c441429f66d9bf855880820e57cc3a08ac0780461fa6520f97
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--- www/gitusers.md
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`git show --stat` is:
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fossil diff -i --from 2020-04-01 --numstat
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The `--numstat` output is a bit cryptic, so we recommend delegating
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-this task to [the widely-available `diffstat` tool][dst]:
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+this task to [the widely-available `diffstat` tool][dst], which gives
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+a histogram in its default output mode rather than bare integers:
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fossil diff -i -N --from 2020-04-01 | diffstat
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We gave the `-i` flag in both cases to force Fossil to use its internal
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diff implementation, bypassing [your local `diff-command` setting][dcset].
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--- www/gitusers.md
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@@ -793,11 +793,12 @@
793 `git show --stat` is:
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795 fossil diff -i --from 2020-04-01 --numstat
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797 The `--numstat` output is a bit cryptic, so we recommend delegating
798 this task to [the widely-available `diffstat` tool][dst]:
 
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802 We gave the `-i` flag in both cases to force Fossil to use its internal
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--- www/gitusers.md
+++ www/gitusers.md
@@ -793,11 +793,12 @@
793 `git show --stat` is:
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795 fossil diff -i --from 2020-04-01 --numstat
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797 The `--numstat` output is a bit cryptic, so we recommend delegating
798 this task to [the widely-available `diffstat` tool][dst], which gives
799 a histogram in its default output mode rather than bare integers:
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801 fossil diff -i -N --from 2020-04-01 | diffstat
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803 We gave the `-i` flag in both cases to force Fossil to use its internal
804 diff implementation, bypassing [your local `diff-command` setting][dcset].
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