Diffstat is a simple Emacs lisp implementation of diffstat utility. It is useful in reviewing large and complicated diff files.
DiffMode is a really nice mode. However, for the large patch/diff files, which contain changes across many files, it is not easy to see the overall changes. As VersionControl(vc-mode) relies on DiffMode, this situation can happen quite often. Diffstat will solve this problem.
Add followings in your .emacs:
;; (require 'diffstat) ;; (add-hook 'diff-mode-hook (lambda () (local-set-key "\C-c\C-l" 'diffstat)))
In any diff-mode buffer, for example after vc-diff, press C-c C-l to show diffstat. In diffstat-mode buffer, press C-c C-l or C-c C-c to go back to the diff buffer and move to the beginning of diff line corresponding to the file on the point.
Seems not to work with DistributedVersionControl’s dvc-diff-mode
, the docstring of which says it extends DiffMode. In fact dvc-diff-mode
extends fundamental-mode
, so it’s not surprising. Looks like the bug may be in DVC, not this file.
diffstat seemed to be too restrictive. Fixed now. Thanks. – Hans.