Re: [FEATURE] Proposal: git format-patch with `--with-line-numbers` flag

>> One things I try in my reviews is, even though I trim my quotes
>> heavily and leave only the part I comment on, I try to leave the
>> filename part (i.e. "diff --git" line) and the hunk header (i.e. "@@
>> -L,K +M,N @@" line) in.  See
>>
>>     https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqikla86id.fsf@gitster.g/
>>
>> for an example.
>>
> Ah, thanks for the clarification; that makes sense now. Up until this
> point, I didn't know the hunk headers "(@@ -L,K +M,N @@ lines)"
> provided enough context in terms of the lines the changes were made. I
> just never read them and usually just jump to the reviews on the code
> changes, and I try to locate the changes locally :(. I agree this
> already provides sufficient context, and I've definitely learned
> something new here :). I am wondering if a description of this is
> covered in our documentation. If not, maybe I could add it, since I
> imagine others might have the same question.