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1. DiffX – Next-Generation Extensible Diff Format Total comment counts : 33 Summary The article discusses the limitations of existing Unified Diffs used in software development for representing differences between text files. It highlights issues such as lack of standardization for metadata, encodings, and binary patches, which complicate the parsing process for various tools. The author proposes a new format called Extensible Diffs (DiffX), which builds on Unified Diffs by adding structured metadata and allowing the representation of multiple commits....