Re: Fwd: possible Improving diff algoritm

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I must say it is _quite_ helpfull having the diffs well done (natural
diffs as here named), just because when you want to review a patch on
the fly, this sort of things are annoying.

I just wanted to say my opinion. No idea on how to fix that, nor why
does it happen.

Javier Domingo


2012/12/12 Andrew Ardill <andrew.ardill@xxxxxxxxx>:
> On 13 December 2012 08:53, Junio C Hamano <gitster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> The output being "a correct patch" is not the only thing we need to
>> consider, though, as I mentioned in another response to Kevin
>> regarding the "consequences".
>
> The main benefit of picking a more 'natural' diff is a usability one.
> I know that when a chunk begins and ends one line after the logical
> break point (typically with braces in my experience) mentally parsing
> the diff becomes significantly harder. If there was a way to teach git
> where it should try and break out a chunk (potentially per filetype?)
> this is a good thing for readability, and I think would outweigh any
> temporary pain with regards to cached rerere and diff data.
>
> Regards,
>
> Andrew Ardill
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