Re: Two feature ideas for diffs

[Dmitry Gutov]

Barry OReilly <address@hidden> writes:

>> Nice, but it's a pity it's written as git-specific. Git should only
>> be one of the backends and the frontend should call the appropriate
>> backend after checking what VC the file is under.
>
> It should operate on unified diffs and provide the customization for
> how to obtain the unified diffs, eg 'git diff'.
>
> Dmitry, can diff-hl be used to review patch files distributed as diff
> files without relying on a VCS?

No, it's rather tied to the VC package.  But why would you want that?

The main benefit of diff-hl is to see the diff on the margin updated as
you edit and save the file.