Re: [PATCH UI experiment] diffstat: annotate/highlight new or removed files

> diffstat does not show whether a file is added or deleted. I know
> --summary does. But the problem with --summary is it makes me look for
> information of a file in two places: diffstat and summary. And with a
> commit that adds/removes a lot, showing both --stat --summary can be
> long.
>
> This patch adds "(new)", "(gone)" or "(new mode)" to diffstat, with
> highlight, to easily catch file additions/removals. The extra text is
> chosen to be short enough so that it won't take up too much space for
> path names:
>
>  .gitignore                  |   1 +
>  Makefile                    |   3 +
>  t/t3070-wildmatch.sh (new)  | 188 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  t/t3070/wildtest.txt (gone) | 165 ---------------------
>  test-wildmatch.c (new)      |  14 ++
>  wildmatch.c                 |   5 +-
>  6 files changed, 210 insertions(+), 166 deletions(-)
>
> I don't put creation modes in there too because most of the time it
> does not matter much to me and I could look down to --summary for mode
> verification. But we could put "(new+x)" for 0755 and just "(new)" for
> 0644. "(new mode)" then could become "(+x)", "(-x)" or something like
> that.
>
> Coloring is to me an improvement over --summary. Probably the main
> point. Without it, perhaps it's not worth putting extra text to
> diffstat.