In both the Github client for Mac OS X and Github on the web, a diff only shows 3 lines of context (lines above and below the change).
Is there any way to show more lines of context in Github?
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This is not the github helpdesk – Tim Jun 22 '15 at 21:46
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@TimCastelijns i understand that, but i believe this is a question some of developers at Stackoverflow must have faced too and can give their 2 cents for the same – CodeMonkey Jun 22 '15 at 21:49
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The way you phrased it makes it sound like a feature request for the github team – Tim Jun 22 '15 at 21:52
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My bad :) Not the best man to juggle with words. Is it not possible then ? I thought it was some setting in maybe some .git* file – CodeMonkey Jun 22 '15 at 21:54
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Edited to make it sound less helpdesk-y. – Roger Lipscombe Jun 22 '15 at 22:00
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@RogerLipscombe Thanks – CodeMonkey Jun 23 '15 at 08:45
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If you are using git diff on the command line, the -U option set the amount of contest to use. So for example git diff -U10 file will show the differences between your working version of file and the index version, with 10 lines of context.
If you're using a GUI client it may have a config param buried somewhere in a preferences menu. Unfortunately, there does not appear to be a gitconfig variable to set this.
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