From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: ydirson@free.fr
Cc: git <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [BUG] diff algorithm selection issue
Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 11:33:18 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq5zcio8b5.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <505382066.1036329918.1590513687177.JavaMail.root@zimbra39-e7> (ydirson@free.fr's message of "Tue, 26 May 2020 19:21:27 +0200 (CEST)")
ydirson@free.fr writes:
>> Or is it rather intended to be `--diff-algorithm=default --minimal`,
>> whatever the default may be in the future ?
>
> Now that I think about it, do we really want "minimal" as a valid choice
> for --diff-algorithm, if it's not a choice of algorithm ?
I asked the same question to myself before writing my first response
but it is way too late to ask it now. I do support the spirit of
"--minimal", but not "--diff-algorithm=minimal" which may be an
ill-thought-out shorthand for "--diff-algorithm=default --minimal".
If you dig the list archive, I would imagine that you would find
that not an insignificant part of list participant back then thought
it was a good idea ;-)
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2020-05-26 9:36 ` [BUG] diff algorithm selection issue ydirson
2020-05-26 16:10 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-05-26 16:23 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-05-26 16:56 ` ydirson
2020-05-26 17:21 ` ydirson
2020-05-26 18:33 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
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