Re: Two feature ideas for diffs

[Barry OReilly]

> 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?