Re: [PATCH] config: Introduce --patience config variable

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On Tue, Mar 06, 2012 at 02:38:16PM +0100, Matthieu Moy wrote:

> Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
> > Okay guys. I'll got with diff.algorithm = [patience | minimal |
> > histogram | myers] then. What I am not sure about is how to threat case
> > when user have say algorithm = patience set in config but want to use
> > myers. I guess we need --myers option then, don't we?
> 
> At this point, maybe it's time to have
> --diff-algorithm=[patience|minimal|histogram|myers], and keep
> --patience, --minimal and --histogram just as compatibility aliases.
> 
> Having one option per algorithm feels wrong ...

Yeah, that was going to be my suggestion, too. And explaining it that
way in the docs will make it clear that "--histogram" overrides
"--patience" and so forth.

-Peff
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