chore: script for creating per-file diffs against arbitrary geth commit #1212
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Why this should be merged
Provides a common, repeatable method for performing whole-repo diffs against geth, intended for human consumption1.
How this works
Loops over every file changed between the current
HEADand a specified commit, printing a per-file diff to a shadow directory structure.How this was tested
Manually by inspection of output. It's only a helper script for developer chores so doesn't necessitate full testing.
How is this documented
Usage comment in the script.
Footnotes
For programmatic diff consumption, consider bluekeyes/go-gitdiff ↩