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Re: [RFH] Exploration of an alternative diff_delta() algorithm

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PEPeter Eriksen <s022018@student.dtu.dk>
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Apr 9, 2006, 17:34 UTC
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On Sun, Apr 09, 2006 at 01:14:31PM -0400, Nicolas Pitre wrote: ...

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> Nothing outside diff-delta.c and patch-delta.c is aware of the delta 
> data format.  So if your version is meant to be a transparent 
> replacement then it should pass all tests.  If it doesn't then it is 
> broken.
> 
> To help you play around you could try the test-delta utility (make 
> test-delta to build it).
> 
> So:
> 
> 	test-delta -d file1 file2 delta_file
> 	test-delta -p file1 delta_file file3
> 	cmp file2 file3

My tests of these kinds doesn't show any errors. Though, if file2 is empty, test-delta writes: "file2: Invalid argument".

Peter
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