Junio C Hamano <junio@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Let's step back a bit and try to clarify the problem with a bit of
> illustration.
>
> The motivation behind "word diff" is because line oriented diff is
> sometimes unwieldy.
>
> -Hello world.
> +Hi, world.
[...]
> We instead can do this word by word (note that I am doing this as a
> thought experiment, to illustrate what the problem is and what should
> conceptually happen, not suggesting this particular implementation):
>
> preimage postimage word-diff
> 48656c6c6f -48656c6c6f Hello
> 4869 +4869 Hi
> 2c +2c ,
> 20 20 20 ' '
> 776f726c64 776f726c64 776f726c64 world
> 2e 2e 2e .
> 0a 0a 0a '\n'
>
> Which would give you "/Hello/Hi,/ world.\n".
Would it be possible instead of in-line word diff, use word coloring
to enhance traditional diff format? Something like
-/Hello/ world.
+/Hi,/ world.
(We could use bold, or reverse for marking changed fragment, or use
color only for changed fragment).
IMHO current output is nice, unless you have long lines and not very
wide screen...
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Jakub Narebski
Poland
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