"Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget" [off-list ref] writes:

Here is a place for you to explain what helps people to decypher the
differences since the previous iteration in Range-diff (which is not
very easy to read).

cc: Chris Torek chris.torek@gmail.com cc: Yee Cheng Chin
ychin.macvim@gmail.com cc: "brian m. carlson" sandals@crustytoothpaste.net
cc: Ben Knoble ben.knoble@gmail.com cc: "Kristoffer Haugsbakk"
kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com cc: Phillip Wood phillip.wood123@gmail.com
cc: Nico Williams nico@cryptonector.com cc: Patrick Steinhardt ps@pks.im

I am not sure what good these lines are doing (to GGG).

Harald Nordgren (2):
  refactor format_branch_comparison in preparation
  status: show comparison with push remote tracking branch

 remote.c                 | 183 ++++++++++++++++++++-------
 t/t6040-tracking-info.sh | 262 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 403 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)


base-commit: d529f3a197364881746f558e5652f0236131eb86
Published-As: https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git/releases/tag/pr-git-2138%2FHaraldNordgren%2Fahead_of_main_status-v20
Fetch-It-Via: git fetch https://github.com/gitgitgadget/git pr-git-2138/HaraldNordgren/ahead_of_main_status-v20
Pull-Request: https://github.com/git/git/pull/2138

Range-diff vs v19:

 1:  451d7a4986 ! 1:  bb3e00863b refactor format_branch_comparison in preparation
     @@ remote.c: int format_tracking_info(struct branch *branch, struct strbuf *sb,
       		if (advice_enabled(ADVICE_STATUS_HINTS))
       			strbuf_addstr(sb,
       				_("  (use \"git pull\" to update your local branch)\n"));
     -@@ remote.c: int format_tracking_info(struct branch *branch, struct strbuf *sb,
     - 			       "and have %d and %d different commits each, "
     - 			       "respectively.\n",
     - 			   ours + theirs),
     + 	} else {
     + 		strbuf_addf(sb,
     +-			Q_("Your branch and '%s' have diverged,\n"
     +-			       "and have %d and %d different commit each, "
     +-			       "respectively.\n",
     +-			   "Your branch and '%s' have diverged,\n"
     +-			       "and have %d and %d different commits each, "
     +-			       "respectively.\n",
     +-			   ours + theirs),
      -			base, ours, theirs);
     ++			"Your branch and '%s' have diverged,\n"
     ++			       "and have %d and %d different commits each, respectively.\n",
      +			branch_name, ours, theirs);
       		if (show_divergence_advice &&
       		    advice_enabled(ADVICE_STATUS_HINTS))

Could you not mix the ours+theirs thing into the same step?  Either
make it a standalone patch to clean up before or after your main 2
patches, or leave it totally outside the series and send it after
this series settles.