Re: [PATCH] The diff-raw format updates.
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> The machine readable format has the same issue: it needs to be able to
> distinguish between a "copy" (where the source remains) and a "rename"
> (where the source is removed). So you still need the "*/-" thing, and then
> you're better off doing "+" and "/" too in the machine-readable format, to
> make the differences be as small as possible _and_ to avoid confusion if a
> pathname starts with '*' or '-'.
thanks, I see the point now.
Thomas