Hi Stefan, On Fri, 10 Aug 2018, Stefan Beller wrote: > 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. While I am a fan of having those lines colored correctly, I have to admit that I am not exactly enthusiastic about that extra indentation... Otherwise, this looks good to me. Thanks, Dscho > > [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 > >