GNU bug report logs - #61396
diff mode could distinguish changed from deleted lines

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: dmitry <at> gutov.dev, 61396 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, samologist <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#61396: diff mode could distinguish changed from deleted lines
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2023 21:18:05 +0300

> Cc: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>, 61396 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
>  Samuel Wales <samologist <at> gmail.com>
> From: Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
> Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2023 20:38:22 +0300
> 
> I realized now the same problem exists even without color highlighting at all.
> This is because of a poor choice of indicators in the diff utility.

Which I guess is why many (all?) of the other systems that show
changes use the side-by-side display, where these problems largely
don't exist.  So maybe we should migrate to using "diff -y" or sdiff?

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