Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 10:33 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>>> But you do not want to (yet)? The goal is not to tell you where the bounds
>>> are, but the goal is to point out that extra care is required for review of
>>> these particular 3 lines.
>>
>> And when you _can_ help users in that "extra care" by pointing out
>> where the boundary is, what is the justification for hiding that
>> information?
>
> It is very complicated and confusing. Consider this:
>
>> context
>> -C
>> context
>> -B
>> -B
>> -B
>> -A
>> -A
>> -A
>> context
>> +A
>> +A
>> +A
>> +C
>> +B
>> +B
>> +B
>> context
>
> So from your emails I understood you want to markup
> block starts and ends, but in this case C is *both* start
> and end of a block, and has also different blocks around.
I never said "start and end" (you did). I just wanted the boundary
of A and B and C clear, so I'd be perfectly happy with:
context
+A dim
+A dim
+A highlight #1
+C highlight #2
+B highlight #1
+B dim
+B dim
context
You can do that still with only two highlight colors, no?