gitnu 0.6.5

gitnu indexes your git status so you can use numbers instead of filenames.
Documentation
use std::path::{Component, PathBuf, Path};

pub fn diff_paths<P, B>(path: P, base: B) -> Option<PathBuf>
where
    P: AsRef<Path>,
    B: AsRef<Path>,
{
    let path = path.as_ref();
    let base = base.as_ref();

    if path.is_absolute() != base.is_absolute() {
        if path.is_absolute() {
            Some(PathBuf::from(path))
        } else {
            None
        }
    } else {
        let mut ita = path.components();
        let mut itb = base.components();
        let mut comps: Vec<Component> = vec![];
        loop {
            match (ita.next(), itb.next()) {
                (None, None) => break,
                (Some(a), None) => {
                    comps.push(a);
                    comps.extend(ita.by_ref());
                    break;
                }
                (None, _) => comps.push(Component::ParentDir),
                (Some(a), Some(b)) if comps.is_empty() && a == b => (),
                (Some(a), Some(b)) if b == Component::CurDir => comps.push(a),
                (Some(_), Some(b)) if b == Component::ParentDir => return None,
                (Some(a), Some(_)) => {
                    comps.push(Component::ParentDir);
                    for _ in itb {
                        comps.push(Component::ParentDir);
                    }
                    comps.push(a);
                    comps.extend(ita.by_ref());
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
        Some(comps.iter().map(|c| c.as_os_str()).collect())
    }
}