Re: [PATCH v3 0/6] [RFC] diff: add diff.<driver>.process for external hunk providers

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: May 31, 2026, 10:44 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq5x43dfk4.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <pull.2120.v3.git.1780087700.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

"Michael Montalbo via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com> writes:

> Language-aware diff tools (e.g., Difftastic) and format-specific analyzers
> can produce better line matching than Git's builtin diff algorithm, but
> diff.<driver>.command replaces Git's output entirely, losing downstream
> features like word diff, function context, color, and blame.

This seems to break CI on Windows; take a look at

  https://github.com/git/git/actions/runs/26709491830/job/78717295153

for an example.

Thanks.

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