On Mon, 6 May 2024 21:43:14 +0300
Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, May 6, 2024 at 7:21 PM Andreas Kemnade <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Mon, 6 May 2024 15:05:52 +0300
> > Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > From: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: Andreas Kemnade <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Date: Mon, 6 May 2024 15:05:52 +0300
> > > On Mon, May 6, 2024 at 12:48 AM Andreas Kemnade <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> ...
>
> > > I'm wondering if you are using --histogram diff algo when preparing the patches.
> >
> > No, I am not using that, it seems to not make that chunk nicer.
> > Yes, we want
> >
> > + int status_shift;
> > };
> > +
> > +struct ektf2127_i2c_chip_data {
> > + int status_shift;
> > +};
> >
> > But that is not shorter or simpler, just more readable.
>
> And that's exactly what histogram is about. I suggest making it
> default for the Linux kernel project (or globally in your
> ~/.gitconfig).
>
>
again, it does not do anything helpful in this case, I tried to run
git format-patch --histogram with
no improvements. But it might help in other places.
Regards,
Andreas
