Fall back to plain diff when process substitution is used #978
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When detecting input generated by `delta <(echo foo) <(echo bar)` fall back to plain `diff` instead of `git diff --no-index`. This does not respect various git settings anymore (the original reason to switch from `diff` to `git diff`), but is better than just showing the names of the temporary files.
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Hi Thomas, do you think there's a viable alternative involving working with the file descriptor(s) and/or creating temporary files, along the lines of the discussion here: #929 (comment) ? If possible I'd really like to keep the behavior consistent and use |
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That approach looks great and all the caveats I could think of are already being discussed, I like the piping-to-stdin so only one tmp-file has to be created. But in the meantime, isn't perfect the enemy of good (enough)? :) |
Yes, you're right! I just wanted to check that you're on board with the other solution. (I'm not aware that it's being actively worked on.) |
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When detecting input generated by
delta <(echo foo) <(echo bar)fall back to plain
diffinstead ofgit diff --no-index.This does not respect various git settings anymore (the original reason
to switch from
difftogit diff), but is better than just showingthe names of the temporary files.