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From:   Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To:     Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
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Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] add diff-pairs tool
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> This takes the output of `diff-tree -z --raw` and feeds it
> back to the later stages of the diff machinery to produce
> diffs in other formats.

A full circle.  This reminds me of the experiment done more than 10
years ago at the beginning of the "diffcore transformations" design.