/* bit 0 up to (N-1) are on if the parent has this line (i.e.
         * we did not change it).
         * bit N is used for "interesting" lines, including context.
+        * bit (N+1) is used for "do not show deletion before this".
         */
        unsigned long flag;
        unsigned long *p_lno;
 }
 
 struct combine_diff_state {
-       struct xdiff_emit_state xm;
-
        unsigned int lno;
        int ob, on, nb, nn;
        unsigned long nmask;
        parent_file.size = sz;
        xpp.flags = XDF_NEED_MINIMAL;
        memset(&xecfg, 0, sizeof(xecfg));
-       ecb.outf = xdiff_outf;
-       ecb.priv = &state;
        memset(&state, 0, sizeof(state));
-       state.xm.consume = consume_line;
        state.nmask = nmask;
        state.sline = sline;
        state.lno = 1;
        state.num_parent = num_parent;
        state.n = n;
 
-       xdi_diff(&parent_file, result_file, &xpp, &xecfg, &ecb);
+       xdi_diff_outf(&parent_file, result_file, consume_line, &state,
+                     &xpp, &xecfg, &ecb);
        free(parent_file.ptr);
 
        /* Assign line numbers for this parent.
 {
        unsigned long all_mask = (1UL<<num_parent) - 1;
        unsigned long mark = (1UL<<num_parent);
+       unsigned long no_pre_delete = (2UL<<num_parent);
        unsigned long i;
 
        /* Two groups of interesting lines may have a short gap of
 
                /* Paint a few lines before the first interesting line. */
                while (j < i)
-                       sline[j++].flag |= mark;
+                       sline[j++].flag |= mark | no_pre_delete;
 
        again:
                /* we know up to i is to be included.  where does the
                       int use_color)
 {
        unsigned long mark = (1UL<<num_parent);
+       unsigned long no_pre_delete = (2UL<<num_parent);
        int i;
        unsigned long lno = 0;
        const char *c_frag = diff_get_color(use_color, DIFF_FRAGINFO);
                        int j;
                        unsigned long p_mask;
                        sl = &sline[lno++];
-                       ll = sl->lost_head;
+                       ll = (sl->flag & no_pre_delete) ? NULL : sl->lost_head;
                        while (ll) {
                                fputs(c_old, stdout);
                                for (j = 0; j < num_parent; j++) {
                                die("early EOF '%s'", elem->path);
 
                        result[len] = 0;
+
+                       /* If not a fake symlink, apply filters, e.g. autocrlf */
+                       if (is_file) {
+                               struct strbuf buf;
+
+                               strbuf_init(&buf, 0);
+                               if (convert_to_git(elem->path, result, len, &buf, safe_crlf)) {
+                                       free(result);
+                                       result = strbuf_detach(&buf, &len);
+                                       result_size = len;
+                               }
+                       }
                }
                else {
                deleted_file: