Re: combined diff does not detect binary files and ignores -diff attribute

Here is a quick summary of what I have in the "talked about, sounded interesting, and never got completed" list.

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* Teach pack protocol to transfer estimated pack size and history
  depth to allow receiving end make more intelligent decision between
  unpack-objects and index-pack.

  $gmane/173610

* The "combined" diff always assumes it deals with text files. Teach it
  to punt on binary and also use the textconv.

  $gname/171613

* Audit use of symbolic-ref without -m in our scripts and for each
  case decide if leaving a reflog entry for the HEAD is desirable.
  If so, add them.

  $gmane/172516

* "git status" on intent-to-add index entries (say "I" in the first
  column instead of "A" for short status, add "(needs 'git add')" at the
  end of "new file: $path " in long status).

  $gmane/170658

* synopsys: use {} instead of () for grouping alternatives (Jari Aalto)
  $gmane/72243

* "[alias] st = status" and "cd .git && git st" (Jeff King)
  $gmane/72327