Bug#768422: release.debian.org: filterdiff support for debdiffs
On Sun, 23 Nov 2014 20:11:34 +0000 "Adam D. Barratt"
<adam@adam-barratt.org.uk> wrote:
> On Fri, 2014-11-07 at 10:42 +0000, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> > It would be really helpful, particularly for "d", if the debdiff library
> > supported a configurable (set of?) filterdiff expression.
>
> From #d-r this evening, so we don't forget:
>
> 20:03 < adsb> so fwiw my original plan (which I think I failed to write
> down anywhere) was to add the ability to take options in the debdiff
> class and have exclusions pass -x to debdiff, rather than an explicit
> filterdiff. and for d to then pass a default set of excludes, which you
> could add to / override (including to an empty set) on the command line.
> but I've also been failing to do that
> 20:05 < nthykier> adsb: Seems reasonable, except I guess d should do it
> based on a personal config file rather than options
> 20:05 < adsb> nthykier: maybe, that's more to implement though :)
> 20:05 < nthykier> Based on the assumption that we will not agree on an
> "universal" default
>
>
>
>
FYI, d now have filterdiff support (D_AUTO_FILTER=1 d <src>), but
* it is not configurable in any way.
* ideally it would be moved into the diff libraries
~Niels
Reply to: