Re: [PATCH 00/18] Add `branch-diff`, a `tbdiff` lookalike

> Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> 
> > Johannes Schindelin (17):
> >   Add a function to solve least-cost assignment problems
> >   Add a new builtin: branch-diff
> >   branch-diff: first rudimentary implementation
> >   branch-diff: improve the order of the shown commits
> >   branch-diff: also show the diff between patches
> >   branch-diff: right-trim commit messages
> >   branch-diff: indent the diffs just like tbdiff
> >   branch-diff: suppress the diff headers
> >   branch-diff: adjust the output of the commit pairs
> >   branch-diff: do not show "function names" in hunk headers
> >   branch-diff: use color for the commit pairs
> >   color: provide inverted colors, too
> >   diff: add an internal option to dual-color diffs of diffs
> >   branch-diff: offer to dual-color the diffs
> >   branch-diff --dual-color: work around bogus white-space warning
> >   branch-diff: add a man page
> >   completion: support branch-diff
> >
> > Thomas Rast (1):
> >   branch-diff: add tests
> 
> Lovely.  
> 
> I often have to criticize a series whose later half consists of many
> follow-up patches with "don't do 'oops, the previous was wrong'",
> but the follow-up patches in this series are not such corrections.
> The organization of the series to outline the basic and core idea
> first in the minimum form and then to build on it to improve an
> aspect of the command one step at a time is very helpful to guide
> the readers where the author of the series wants them to go.