We haven't insisted on context diffs in years now, and one of my interlocutors has just turned handsprings trying to follow the advice at <https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Working_with_Git> to produce his first patch.
Unless someone objects really violently I'm going to rip all that stuff out and let sanity prevail.
cheers andrew -- Andrew Dunstan https://www.2ndQuadrant.com PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services