Re: [RFD] Strange patch formats (aka tricks with unified diffs)..

[Jeff King <peff@peff.net>]

On Sat, Apr 14, 2007 at 02:55:13AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> One sensible behaviour would be to show exactly the same output
> lines as the regular output, but color-code only the words that
> changed.  E.g (the words are capitalized to illustrate instead
> of colored here):

That works great for highlighting a small change between two very
similar lines (and I think that is one use of --color-words). However,
it's terrible for the other use of color words, which is showing changes
which are not well-adapted to line oriented diffs (such as flowed text).

Try this:

cat >orig <<EOF
this is a paragraph that has
some text in it and is wrapped
at 30 characters
EOF

cat >rewrapped <<EOF
this is yet another paragraph
that has some text in it and
is wrapped at 30 characters
EOF

git-diff --color orig rewrapped
git-diff --color-words orig rewrapped


I think one behavior is best for one situation, and the other behavior
for another situation. Perhaps there is room for two modes?

-Peff