Re: What's cooking in git.git (Jun 2017, #06; Thu, 22)

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> On Thu, Jun 22 2017, Junio C. Hamano jotted:
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>> * sb/diff-color-move (2017-06-21) 25 commits
>>  - diff: document the new --color-moved setting
>>  - diff.c: add dimming to moved line detection
>>  - diff.c: color moved lines differently, plain mode
>>  - diff.c: color moved lines differently
>>  - diff.c: buffer all output if asked to
>>  - diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns about DIFF_SYMBOL_SUMMARY
>>  - diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns about DIFF_SYMBOL_STAT_SEP
>>  - diff.c: convert word diffing to use emit_diff_symbol
>>  - diff.c: convert show_stats to use emit_diff_symbol
>>  - diff.c: convert emit_binary_diff_body to use emit_diff_symbol
>>  - submodule.c: migrate diff output to use emit_diff_symbol
>>  - diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns DIFF_SYMBOL_REWRITE_DIFF
>>  - diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns about DIFF_SYMBOL_BINARY_FILES
>>  - diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns DIFF_SYMBOL_HEADER
>>  - diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns DIFF_SYMBOL_FILEPAIR
>>  - diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns DIFF_SYMBOL_CONTEXT_INCOMPLETE
>>  - diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns DIFF_SYMBOL_WORDS{_PORCELAIN}
>>  - diff.c: migrate emit_line_checked to use emit_diff_symbol
>>  - diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns DIFF_SYMBOL_NO_LF_EOF
>>  - diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns DIFF_SYMBOL_CONTEXT_FRAGINFO
>>  - diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns DIFF_SYMBOL_CONTEXT_MARKER
>>  - diff.c: introduce emit_diff_symbol
>>  - diff.c: factor out diff_flush_patch_all_file_pairs
>>  - diff.c: move line ending check into emit_hunk_header
>>  - diff.c: readability fix
>>
>>  "git diff" has been taught to optionally paint new lines that are
>>  the same as deleted lines elsewhere differently from genuinely new
>>  lines.
>>
>>  Is any more update coming?
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> I guess here's as good a place for feedback is any, this feature's
> great, but I discovered some minor warts in it:

> This patch shows OK, but when applied to other changes in the
> series, e.g. "packed_ref_store: make class into a subclass of
> `ref_store`", it was somewhat irritating that all new blank lines
> are shown as a copy-move of a single deleted blank line (also a
> single "return refs" in an entirely new function being a copy/move
> looked confusing).