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Oct 28, 2021 at 07:25
I've been wondering if line numbers should also be coloured if the line contains changes. Here's how it looks in difftastic. I worry that it's slightly distracting, but I love how it makes small changes easier to spot (e.g. line 43 in the screenshot).
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Release 0.70.0 · Wilfred/difftastic
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I had a third attempt at porting difftastic from Dijkstra to A*, and I've eventually concluded that A* just isn't worth it for the implementation complexity. I had fun writing it up though, and I've even attempted ASCII art for building intuitions:
No longer pursuing A* · Wilfred/difftastic@7479636
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Closes #1007