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#1 2012-05-21 14:47:52
- matthiaskrgr
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gitdiffbinstat -- git diff --shortstat for binary files
You may know git diff --shortstat which summarizes the line-changes between branches/commits/tags etc.
When I had a branch were I ran optipng on many images I was annoyed by the fact that git diff --shortstat would only summarize changes of text files, but not changes of binary files.
That's why I made gitdiffbinstat.
The script gets diffs between the current HEAD and some other branch/commit/tag and summarizes the file changes (but also line changes) so you can easily see how many additional bytes certain branch would add to HEAD if it was merged, or how much bigger a release got from version "foo.2" to current HEAD etc 
The latest version 2.5-1 can also tell you about files which were moved (and not changed), unfortunately this increased the output-clutter. (Ideas how to make the output more structured are appreciated! )
You can install the script via aur https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=55519
Feedback is welcome
Regards,
Matthias
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