From: Junio C Hamano Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 23:44:00 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] Tweak diff output further to make it a bit less distracting. Message-ID: <7vsm0mlosf.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> In-Reply-To: >>>>> "LT" == Linus Torvalds writes: LT> I have to say, I muct prefer the first over the second. Likewise. LT> ... (whether you want the "mode" LT> for the deleted file case or not is up to you - it could be an added LT> sanity check that the diff actually matches, but on the other hand there's LT> really nothing you could do anyway except warn if the mode didn't match, LT> so..) Applying patch in reverse comes to mind... I'd agree what you said about "diff -git" in the rest of your message makes the most sense.