Dynamic diff [Was: Re: [PATCH] merge: Make merge strategy message follow the diffstat]

> On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Nguyen Thai Ngoc Duy
> <pclouds@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Still, diffstat from a fetch/pull is sometimes too verbose. It'd be
>> better if we have something that fit in one screen (dirstat or maybe
>> just a first few lines from diffstat then ellipsis) then refer users
>> to "git diff --stat HEAD@{1}" for more detail stat.
>
> Yeah, I've wanted that. Show the beginning, the end, and the summary
> line of the diffstat would be lovely.
>
> It would be lovely in "git commit" too. Not just
>
>    Modified: filename
>
> but a diffstat that shows now many lines.
>
> And what I've *really* wanted is to actually see the diff itself if it
> is small. So some kind of "dynamic summary": for one-liners (or
> ten-liners), show the whole diff. For medium-sized changes, show the
> whole diffstat. And for really big changes, show an outline and the
> "768 files changed, 179851 lines added, 7630 lines removed" stats.
>
> IOW, whatever fits in, say, 50 lines or less.
>
> That would be absolutely lovely if somebody were to do it.
>

>                  Linus
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