Why? A patch like this needs to be justified with a bit more explanation; the word "beautiful" is subjective. (current) Change this and that file Signed-off-by: A U Thor <a.u.thor@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- this-file | 20 +++++++---- that-file | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/this-file b/this-file ... (yours -- and I think 1.3.0 did it like this) Change this and that file Signed-off-by: A U Thor <a.u.thor@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- this-file | 20 +++++++---- that-file | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/this-file b/this-file ... It _might_ be easier to read if it were like this, though: Change this and that file Signed-off-by: A U Thor <a.u.thor@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- this-file | 20 +++++++---- that-file | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/this-file b/this-file ... However, the screen real estate, especially in the vertical direction, is a scarce resource; I do not think the three-dash is a too weak visual separator that needs to be helped by an extra newline. - : send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html