c.org_ref = org_ref[1]

        c.org_ref_type = org_ref[0]

        c.other_ref = other_ref[1]

        c.other_ref_type = other_ref[0]

        diff_limit = self.cut_off_limit if not fulldiff else None

        #we swap org/other ref since we run a simple diff on one repo

        log.debug('running diff between %s@%s and %s@%s'

                  % (org_repo.scm_instance.path, org_ref,

                     other_repo.scm_instance.path, other_ref))

        diff_processor = diffs.DiffProcessor(_diff or '', format='gitdiff',

                                             diff_limit=diff_limit)

        _parsed = diff_processor.prepare()

        c.limited_diff = False

        if isinstance(_parsed, LimitedDiffContainer):

            c.limited_diff = True

        c.files = []

        c.changes = {}

        c.lines_added = 0