[ann/rfc] bzr-diff-revid

[Marius Kruger]

2009/1/16 Colin D Bennett <colin at gibibit.com>

> On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:30:57 -0800
> Benjamin Jansen <aogail at w007.org> wrote:
>
> > I figured the easiest solution would be to make ``bzr diff'' output
> > revids in the diff header, when a revid is available. Thus, bzr-diff-
> > revid was born. [3] It's a simple hack, but it works for me and made
> > our Review Board integration problems go away. ;)
> >
> > For example, with the plugin, ``bzr diff'' outputs diff headers like:
> >
> > === modified file 'NEWS'
> > --- NEWS      revid:pqm at pqm.ubuntu.com-20090115233242-4bxyn4zcj2a0ksfk
> > +++ NEWS      2009-01-16 07:20:35 +0000
> >
> > If there is no revid available, the timestamp is used.
> >
> > I tagged this message [rfc] because I am interested in getting this
> > functionality into bzr proper. Is this something that the bzr team
> > would be interested in?
>
...

>
> However, I would not want to see it replace the current, standard diff
> output format.  I consider it an enormously important feature that
> 'bzr diff' produces output compatible with Unix diff.
>

maybe diff can do this if a option is given, a la
bzr log --show-ids
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