Help requested to test git diffn, a git diff wrapper which shows line numbers, in the bash terminal in Git for Windows

[ElectricRCAircraftGuy]

• I was not able to find an open or closed issue matching what I'm seeing

I just wrote git diffn, and need some help testing it since I don't have Windows. If someone can try it out please, I need to know if it works and a full set of install instructions. Start with my writeup and install instructions here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24455377/git-diff-with-line-numbers-git-log-with-line-numbers/61997003#61997003

I think it's pretty useful and I'm pretty excited about it. Check this out. It shows line numbers!

It relies on gawk, but if gawk doesn't work in the Git for Windows bash terminal I can make some modifications I think and make it work with regular awk.

[dscho]

Note: this ticket is not about any bug in Git for Windows.

[ElectricRCAircraftGuy]

That's right. It's a request of mine to see if a tool I wrote will work in Git For Windows, but I don't have Windows to test it.

[ElectricRCAircraftGuy]

Ignore that close. Stray button press on my phone.

[chrisbra]

FWIW: git diffn work on my git-for-windows version 2.26.0
It is actually quite nice. Thanks for that!

[ElectricRCAircraftGuy]

Nice! Can you detail your install instructions?

Ideally I'd like to document how to install it well enough a 12 yr old could follow. Think: Arduino or Adafruit level detail. But, any level of detail is better than nothing.

[rimrul]

The installation should just be what you call option 2 on Stackoverflow (modified to use curl, due to missing wget).

Open Git-Bash, execute the following commands:

mkdir -p ~/bin
cd ~/bin
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ElectricRCAircraftGuy/eRCaGuy_dotfiles/master/useful_scripts/git-diffn.sh > git-diffn

[chrisbra]

Well, it's a bit off topic for GFW issue tracker, but here is what I did
I copied your https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ElectricRCAircraftGuy/eRCaGuy_dotfiles/master/useful_scripts/git-diffn.sh to ~/bin/git-diffn, chmod +x it, and followed your example from the stackoverflow page.

I also tried briefly with a couple of git diff parameters and it worked, however I noted a problem. If I use this color configuration:

git config color.diff.meta "blue"
git config color.diff.old "black red strike"
git config color.diff.new "black green italic"
git config color.diff.context "yellow bold"

Then run in that repo git diffn I get nicely colored output, except for the : (colon). That looks odd.

[ElectricRCAircraftGuy]

Then run in that repo git diffn I get nicely colored output, except for the : (colon). That looks odd.

@chrisbra , that was intentional. It helps me visually separate between the added number column on the left and the original git diff output on the right. I thought it looked better that way. Otherwise I found myself sometimes struggling to see what was what.

[PhilipOakley]

Then run in that repo git diffn I get nicely colored output, except for the : (colon). That looks odd.

that was intentional. It helps me visually separate between the added number column on the left and the original git diff output on the right. I thought it looked better that way. Otherwise I found myself sometimes struggling to see what was what.

Sounds like something to document as a key feature 😉

[rimrul]

I'm closing this issue now, because there hasn't been any more feedback in almost a year and it's become quite burried under other issues.