FEATURE REQ: Make alias for --diff-options

Robey Pointer robey at lag.net
Tue Sep 13 19:46:56 BST 2005


On 13 Sep 2005, at 4:28, Jari Aalto wrote:

>
> I find it quite demanding to have to type the extra options
> to diff:
>
>    $ bzr diff --diff-options -bwu -C 5
>
> This is all good for scripts where GNU --long option names are
> designed to be used, but for command line use the short forms are
> needed. Would it be possible to provide shorted form for command line
> use, something like:
>
>    $ bzr diff -o -bwu -C 5
>               |
>               extra options to diff follow

FWIW, the convention for --diff-options is "-d" in other systems (CVS  
and perforce, at least).  Using something else may confuse people.

robey





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