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How can I view the output of `git show` in a diff viewer like meld, kdiff3, etc

There are many SO questions that show how to view the output of a git diff command in a diff …

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Retrieve old version of a file without changing working copy parent

How do you get a copy of an earlier revision of a file in Mercurial without making that the new …

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how to make pull requests *without* a github account?

One of the goals of git is to be decentralized. If Github is to be the ... hub of git, then …

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Go back to old revision in Bazaar

I want to go back in my bazaar history (change working tree) to find the commit that introduced a certain …

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Why Kiln is based on Mercurial, and not other (D)VCS

What were the reason for chosing Mercurial as a basis of FogCreek Kiln, a source control management system with tightly …

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Git versus Mercurial for .NET developers?

I've been wondering what is the better DVCS for .NET developers? From reading various information it has sounded like Mercurial …

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Git Submodule to a subfolder

In svn you can link a repository to any folder in another svn repository. I'm wondering if there is a …

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Getting started with Version Control

I need to implement version control, even for just the developing I do at home. I have read about how …

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Show all commits whose diff contain specific string

As the title says, I want to find every commit whose diff contains specific string. At the moment, I use …

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How does git track source code moved between files?

Apparently, when you move a function from one source code file to another, the git revision log (for the new …

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