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From: Nanako Shiraishi <nanako3@lavabit.com>
Subject: Re: RFC: git diff colorization idea
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Quoting Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>:

> If you were to go this route, I suspect that showing the unchanged part on
> the preimage line in light gray might make sense, like:
>
>   | _git_remote ()
>   | {
>   |-    <gray>local subcommands="add rm show prune<gray> <red>update</red>"
>   |+    local subcommands="add <green>rename</green> rm show prune"
>   |     local subcommand=$(__git_find_subcommand "$subcommands")"
>   |     if ...
>
> because there will be the same chars/words on the postimage line anyway.

I think this makes a lot more sense than any of the screenshot
WIncent prepared on his web pages, and it is a much easier output
for users to spot which word is different by not coloring the
unchanged word at all.

-- 
Nanako Shiraishi
http://ivory.ap.teacup.com/nanako3/