Wrong diff highlighting for "no newline at end of file"
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Description
When a file without newline at the end is "fixed" by adding a newline, the diff view shows the message "\ No newline at end of file" in green:
This is a bit misleading, it suggests that the change was to remove the newline rather than add it.
For comparison here's how it looks with the default `git diff`:
(tested on gitui 0.26.1)
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