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		snthpy on March 22, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Difftastic, a structural diff tool that understand... Same here. If there's a great ELI5 explanation somewhere, please post a link. Thanks

NateEag on March 22, 2024 [–]

The comma-separated number pairs are starting line number of hunk, and the number of lines in the hunk.

The one starting with a minus sign is for the original file, the one with the plus prefix is for the new file.

See https://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/manual/html_node/Deta... for a canonical source and more detail

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