The most successful code review tools have a clear path to getting your patch included.
It feels much more collaborative to ask for changes before a patch is accepted. Afterwards, a reviewer can be seen as difficult, even with the same feedback!
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Here's another fun example where syntactic diffing really helps.
Even though the syntax has changed (`attr` was a named argument, now it's a record), the nesting has changed, and the line has changed, difftastic has successfully matched the `attr` in the code afterwards!
Syntactic diffs can get confused by adding whole functions. I've added two functions and modified the function afterwards. Difftastic would associate the parens of the new function with the outer parens of the modified function!
This is "correct" (minimal edits) but unhelpful.
The Shelf is a NeXTSTEP alternative to a clipboard, but more flexible and powerful: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelf_(computing)
You can put a source file and destination directory on the shelf, enabling a cut-and-paste style operation. You can still refer back to them afterwards!