Recently, we've moved all our managed Git repositories over to GitLab. Originally the plan was to use their self hosted option but, eventually the org saw the light and settled on their enterprise solution. Having never used GitLab all that frequently, the idea of deactivating syntax highlighting wasn't top mind during this transition.
GitLab's diff view, especially when working through any sized code review, seems to break my brain. This link contains a perfect example of the dilemma. For an unknown reason, these colors (the shade of green and red to highlight changes), along with the colors of the HTML, create a problem when discerning additions or subtractions to the code.
Often I find myself writing feedback to someone's code that looks to be an addition but, is a removal. Due to this constant confusion, I have attempted the following potential solutions (in no order):
all in an attempt to conquer this issue.
The concept of: 'aging eyes' could be at fault here but, I continue to do just fine with GitHub. This view (in GitLab) is suboptimal at assisting engineers performing thorough code reviews. If you struggle with this and have come up with a solid solution, feel free to reach out on Mastodon and fire up a chat. I would love to be incorrect in my assertion.
