* [gitk] display error for angle brackets in diff
@ 2015-08-08 5:33 Yojem
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From: Yojem @ 2015-08-08 5:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: git
I'm trying to report a bug that I've know about for a year and half. I first
tried to report it to this mailing list a year ago, but the message was
lost. Here's a post I made on reddit 6 months ago:
http://www.reddit.com/r/git/comments/2twvsz/please_help_me_report_this_gitk_bug_to_the_git/
The problem is that diffs with angle brackets are displayed incorrectly in gitk.
How to reproduce the bug:
Create a file with the following, and commit:
x < 1
y > 2
Modify it to this, and commit:
z < 1
w > 2
Then view the results with:
gitk --color-words
You will see:
"Diff" shows bogus removal on 1st line and bogus addition on 2nd line.
"Old version" cuts off at right angle bracket.
"New Version" cuts off at left angle bracket.
I personally use a 2-line patch to fix this by disabling/breaking the
feature that does string comparisons for " >" and " <", but I know that's
not the correct fix, so I'm not including it in this post.
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