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Re: [small bug] Surprising "Did you mean this?"

From
Samuel Tardieu <sam@rfc1149.net>
Date
Nov 18, 2008, 18:45 UTC
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<2008-11-18-19-45-45+trackit+sam@rfc1149.net>
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>>>>> "Matthieu" == Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@imag.fr> writes:

Matthieu> I would have expected git to propose me "tag" (1 character Matthieu> removal), while "status" is quite far from "tags" (remove g, Matthieu> add u, add another t, shuffle and you're there).

It looks like the addition of a character at the end (more exactly the deletion of a character in the possible substitution) is bogus. I am testing a patch.

  Sam
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  1. Matthieu MoyNov 18, 2008
  2. Andreas EricssonNov 18, 2008
  3. Samuel TardieuNov 18, 2008

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