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except when you add one word and re-flow the entire paragraph

• robinson-wall 7y ago
  Your editor should be able to help with that. For example in vim: `gqap` will reflow the current paragraph, or while in visual select mode you can use `gq` to reflow your selection).
  • CGamesPlay 7y ago
    This still ruins the diff view of the code, though. (e.g. git blame)
  • khc 7y ago
    that's exactly what causes the viewing diff problem that I was replying to
    • Spivak 7y ago
      --word-diff=color is your friend in this case.
• ilammy 7y ago
  That's when semantic line-breaking comes into a picture. Put a line break before each new sentence and before each clause in a sentence. That makes the text much more diff-friendly, and tends to keep the line lengths at bay too.