I do all my large code reviews in IntelliJ. Seems like it's an exact match of what this guy wants? Diff view + full view + fully featured IDE for all his navigation, verification and search needs
What the author wants (and I do too) is a normal, full fledged editor that highlights the code under review. Bonus points for easy commenting.
You can sort of do it with IntelliJ with git blame annotations but it’s clunky. I don’t really care about the author’s commits; I care about the entire set of changes or the changes since my last review.
You can also sort of do it with IntelliJ’s pull request mode but it’s also clunky since it’s not a “real” editor and you lose highlighting if you jump to the source code.
You can sort of do it with IntelliJ with git blame annotations but it’s clunky. I don’t really care about the author’s commits; I care about the entire set of changes or the changes since my last review.
You can also sort of do it with IntelliJ’s pull request mode but it’s also clunky since it’s not a “real” editor and you lose highlighting if you jump to the source code.