From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dave Abrahams Subject: Higher-level change review? Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2011 10:31:51 -0400 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain To: Git Mailing List , magit X-From: magit+bncCJa5_IbRBBDZ1ev0BBoEVw5ZmA-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org Sun Oct 16 16:31:56 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvgm-magit-3@m.gmane.org Received: from mail-qy0-f186.google.com ([209.85.216.186]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RFRkq-00013s-FJ for gcvgm-magit-3@m.gmane.org; Sun, 16 Oct 2011 16:31:56 +0200 Received: by qyk35 with SMTP id 35sf1632428qyk.3 for ; Sun, 16 Oct 2011 07:31:55 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:from:to:subject:date:message-id:user-agent :mime-version:x-original-sender:x-original-authentication-results :precedence:mailing-list:list-id:x-google-group-id:list-post :list-help:list-archive:sender:list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe :content-type; bh=x84yIoeZPVht3zQxV7NIC/yKT1jxrQm/aoCuVUiGQgI=; b=p2ed7M3qadZOg6+uxc224cVVzErLlnJ0ur9ioEBxerdUzb/5YbiyZWx2JcyDYJwMI3 VB4v9g/Ogh5cI/4izoc2zLFx8UZ8ATq0HIIZy+DT/iFVHxT3NmV4z4fPeNuV3dK116tr BVCzKnRrwCwA+521TDkyl2KUD0jT1q08n0/AQ= Received: by 10.229.73.130 with SMTP id q2mr613835qcj.14.1318775513725; Sun, 16 Oct 2011 07:31:53 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: magit-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org Received: by 10.224.199.7 with SMTP id eq7ls9682289qab.3.gmail; Sun, 16 Oct 2011 07:31:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.224.33.205 with SMTP id i13mr10105760qad.5.1318775513117; Sun, 16 Oct 2011 07:31:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.224.33.205 with SMTP id i13mr10105759qad.5.1318775513110; Sun, 16 Oct 2011 07:31:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-vx0-f173.google.com (mail-vx0-f173.google.com [209.85.220.173]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id j6si5639782qct.1.2011.10.16.07.31.53 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 16 Oct 2011 07:31:53 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of dave-xT6NqnoQrPdWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org designates 209.85.220.173 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.220.173; Received: by vcbfl17 with SMTP id fl17so2819234vcb.18 for ; Sun, 16 Oct 2011 07:31:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.52.21.67 with SMTP id t3mr16005013vde.104.1318775512804; Sun, 16 Oct 2011 07:31:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pluto.luannocracy.com (207-172-223-249.c3-0.smr-ubr3.sbo-smr.ma.static.cable.rcn.com. [207.172.223.249]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id r5sm1585791vdw.2.2011.10.16.07.31.51 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 16 Oct 2011 07:31:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: by pluto.luannocracy.com (Postfix, from userid 501) id 4953F1116CC7; Sun, 16 Oct 2011 10:31:51 -0400 (EDT) User-Agent: Gnus/5.110018 (No Gnus v0.18) Emacs/23.3 (darwin) X-Original-Sender: dave-xT6NqnoQrPdWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of dave-xT6NqnoQrPdWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org designates 209.85.220.173 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=dave-xT6NqnoQrPdWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org Precedence: list Mailing-list: list magit-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org; contact magit+owners-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org List-ID: X-Google-Group-Id: 752745291123 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: magit-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Archived-At: I've been working on a fairly large Org outline and also merging upstream code changes in a project that does a lot of refactoring, and I've discovered that Git's diff format is poorly-suited to reviewing the kinds of structural modifications I often deal with, where indentation changes and large parts of documents are reorganized. Are there better ways to review, stage, etc. this kind of change than by using straight-ahead diffs? And, for the magit list, has anyone integrated an improved review capability with magit? Hints most appreciated, -- Dave Abrahams BoostPro Computing http://www.boostpro.com