The range-diff coloring is a bit fuzzy when it comes to special lines of a diff, such as indicating new and old files with +++ and ---, as it would pickup the first character and interpret it for its coloring, which seems annoying as in regular diffs, these lines are colored bold via DIFF_METAINFO. By indenting these lines by a white space, they will be treated as context which is much more useful, an example [1] on the range diff series itself: [...] + diff --git a/Documentation/git-range-diff.txt b/Documentation/git-range-diff.txt + new file mode 100644 + --- /dev/null + +++ b/Documentation/git-range-diff.txt +@@ ++git-range-diff(1) [...] + diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile [...] The first lines that introduce the new file for the man page will have the '+' sign colored and the rest of the line will be bold. The later lines that indicate a change to the Makefile will be treated as context both in the outer and inner diff, such that those lines stay regular color. [1] ./git-range-diff pr-1/dscho/branch-diff-v3...pr-1/dscho/branch-diff-v4 These tags are found at https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbeller@xxxxxxxxxx> --- range-diff.c | 2 ++ t/t3206-range-diff.sh | 12 ++++++------ 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/range-diff.c b/range-diff.c index 6e4192c8e79..a8db7c4f8d3 100644 --- a/range-diff.c +++ b/range-diff.c @@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ static int read_patches(const char *range, struct string_list *list) strbuf_addch(&buf, '\n'); if (!util->diff_offset) util->diff_offset = buf.len; + strbuf_addch(&buf, ' '); strbuf_addbuf(&buf, &line); } else if (in_header) { if (starts_with(line.buf, "Author: ")) { @@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ static int read_patches(const char *range, struct string_list *list) strbuf_addch(&buf, ' '); strbuf_add(&buf, line.buf + 1, line.len - 1); } else { + strbuf_addch(&buf, ' '); strbuf_addbuf(&buf, &line); } diff --git a/t/t3206-range-diff.sh b/t/t3206-range-diff.sh index 7dc7c80a1de..c94f9bf5ee1 100755 --- a/t/t3206-range-diff.sh +++ b/t/t3206-range-diff.sh @@ -133,9 +133,9 @@ test_expect_success 'changed message' ' Z + Also a silly comment here! + - Zdiff --git a/file b/file - Z--- a/file - Z+++ b/file + Z diff --git a/file b/file + Z --- a/file + Z +++ b/file 3: 147e64e = 3: b9cb956 s/11/B/ 4: a63e992 = 4: 8add5f1 s/12/B/ EOF @@ -152,9 +152,9 @@ test_expect_success 'dual-coloring' ' : <RESET> : <REVERSE><GREEN>+<RESET><BOLD> Also a silly comment here!<RESET> : <REVERSE><GREEN>+<RESET> - : diff --git a/file b/file<RESET> - : <RED> --- a/file<RESET> - : <GREEN> +++ b/file<RESET> + : diff --git a/file b/file<RESET> + : --- a/file<RESET> + : +++ b/file<RESET> :<RED>3: 0559556 <RESET><YELLOW>!<RESET><GREEN> 3: b9cb956<RESET><YELLOW> s/11/B/<RESET> : <REVERSE><CYAN>@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@<RESET> : 9<RESET> -- 2.18.0.865.gffc8e1a3cd6-goog