From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 07:48:36 GMT
Subject: Re: [RFC] Syntax highlighting for combined diff
Message-ID: <7vslhigld7.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <ehbq0k$24l$1@sea.gmane.org>

Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> writes:

> So the question is how to color combined diff format (what should be syntax
> highlighting for combined diff format). If branches columns have only
> pluses we use the same color as for adding line in ordinary diff; if
> branches column consist only of minuses we use the same color as for
> removing line in ordinary diff. Can there be mixture of plusses and
> minuses? How git-diff --color solves this?

UTSL ;-).

Otherwise (iow, if you refuse to use the source), you could
cheat and let "git diff" do the coloring for you, and then
regexp replace the output.  You could even use the same coloring
logic for normal diff if you did so.