side-by-side diff view

[patriziobruno]

Would be great to have a side-by-side view for diffs, as that format is easier to read than the unified format.

[fbruetting]

You could include the relevant code from Meld. Maybe there's even a library for that! :)

[bilelmoussaoui]

@fbruetting I didn't have the time to take a look at how to handle this :) git already provide a bash command to run your favorite diff tool (like meld). at worst i will just make it do the same instead of creating a widget from scratch that handles this specific case

[fbruetting]

Was just an idea, wasn't sure if you knew Meld! :)

[bilelmoussaoui]

@fbruetting There's a built-in library that does handle the diff in python :) shouldn't be too hard to implement. Meld code is so overcomplicated and there's no way to use just their widget...

[bilelmoussaoui]

Not finished yet but looks fine for now 👍

[bilelmoussaoui]

i've had some time today to work on this, and it looks much better

but not that smart :p (not ready yet)

[mchwalisz]

What about just starting Meld (or similar) and spend effort on other features?

[bilelmoussaoui]

@mchwalisz The whole feature is already on beta branch; i just need to find some time to clean the code a bit before merging it with master. Quite busy those days, i will try to do this as soon as i can :)