Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name : git-latexdiff Version : v1.2.0-4-g1093032 Upstream Author : Matthieu Moy <matthieu....@imag.fr> * URL : https://gitlab.com/git-latexdiff/git-latexdiff * License : Informal (see description below ; BSD as an alternative. Programming Lang: bash Description : Call latexdiff on two Git revisions of a file.
git-latexdiff is a tool to graphically visualize differences between different versions of a LaTeX file. Technically, it is a wrapper around git and latexdiff. If your LaTeX source is split accross several *.tex files, git-latexdiff can call latexpand to expand it before running latexdiff (this usually works better than using latexdiff --flatten). License : from the COPYING file : "Copying and distribution of git-latexdiff and its testsuite, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved. This file is offered as-is, without any warranty. Alternatively, you may distribute git-latexdiff and its testsuite under the terms of the BSD licence :" Followed by the tree paragraphs of the BSD license... Usefulness : - Much simpler to use than the combination of latexdiff-git and latexmk. - Accepts "cleanly" git targets such as HEAD~3 (on which latex(mk) balks after latexdiff) - integrated in the git ecosystem (i. e. you can run "git latexdiff HEAD~3", and can configure it as a git diftool). - autocleaning (handy !) Maintenance : no plan (I am *not* an Ordained Debian Devlopper (TM)). I may help as need arises. Mantenance team : ??? The relevant target (LaTeX knuckledraggers^Wusers) is probably too small among the Git users to interest the Debian Git maintainers ; on the other hand, the population of Git users among LaTeX users is probably sufficient to interest the Debian TeXlive maintainers.
