Bug 83062

Summary: new port: textproc/colordiff - A tool to colorize diff output
Product: Ports & Packages Reporter: Emanuel Haupt <ehaupt>
Component: Individual Port(s)Assignee: freebsd-ports-bugs (Nobody) <ports-bugs>
Status: Closed FIXED    
Severity: Affects Only Me    
Priority: Normal    
Version: Latest   
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Description Emanuel Haupt 2005-07-06 15:00:37 UTC 
new port: textproc/colordiff - A tool to colorize diff output

Colordiff is a wrapper for diff and produces the same output as diff but with
coloured syntax highlighting at the command line to improve readability.

The output is similar to how a diff-generated patch might appear in Vim or Emacs
with the appropriate syntax highlighting options enabled.
Comment 1 Erwin Lansing freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2005-07-06 16:00:26 UTC 
On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 01:54:51PM -0000, Emanuel Haupt wrote:

Hej Emanuel,
> 	
> >Description:
> new port: textproc/colordiff - A tool to colorize diff output
> 
> Colordiff is a wrapper for diff and produces the same output as diff but with
> coloured syntax highlighting at the command line to improve readability.
> 

Just checking, but this does look quite similar to textprox/cdiff. Might
this be the same ?

Cheers,
-erwin

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Comment 2 Emanuel Haupt 2005-07-06 18:02:25 UTC 
Hi Erwin

> Just checking, but this does look quite similar to textprox/cdiff.
> Might this be the same ?

Sorry, I should have pointed that out in my pr.

colordiff is entirely written in perl and allows you to use all
arguments /usr/bin/diff has. i wasn't quite happy with textprox/cdiff
thats why i was looking for something better. compared with
textprox/cdiff colordiff is eyecandy for your console :-)

with colordiff you can even customize the colors in your ~/.colordiffrc

Cheers,
Emanuel
Comment 3 Erwin Lansing freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2005-07-06 19:06:37 UTC 
State Changed
From-To: open->closed

Port added, Thanks! 

One nit: The second line should read PORTVERSION, not DISTVERSION.