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Re: JGIT: discuss: diff/patch implementation

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FGFrancis Galiegue <fg@one2team.net>
Date
Nov 10, 2008, 20:21 UTC
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Le Monday 10 November 2008 20:46:02 Johannes Schindelin, vous avez écrit :
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> Hi,
>
> On Mon, 10 Nov 2008, Francis Galiegue wrote:
> > A very nice git feature, without even going as far as merges, is the
> > cherry pick feature.
> >
> > For this to be doable from within the Eclipse Git plugin, a diff/patch
> > implementation needs to be found, in a license compatible with the
> > current JGit license (3-clause BSD, as far as I can tell). Or a new
> > implementation can be rewritten from scratch, of course.
>
> Do not forget creating efficient packs.  They also need an efficient diff
> engine.
>
I wasn't even thinking about this, honestly :p

Let's say that as far as IDE users are concerned, they do have disk space, and having the ability to cherry-pick is more of a priority than packs ;) Even a less efficient but "to the point" engine will be good enough for the time being, or at least, this is what I think.

I understand way too little about the algorithm myself to tell whether it's also efficient for such a purpose. Maybe it is...

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fge
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  1. Francis GaliegueNov 10, 2008
  2. Robin RosenbergNov 10, 2008
  3. Francis GaliegueNov 10, 2008
  4. Robin RosenbergNov 10, 2008
  5. Francis GaliegueNov 10, 2008
  6. Johannes SchindelinNov 10, 2008
  7. Francis GaliegueNov 10, 2008
  8. Junio C HamanoNov 10, 2008
  9. Shawn O. PearceNov 10, 2008
  10. Francis GaliegueNov 10, 2008
  11. Johannes SchindelinNov 10, 2008
  12. Raimund BauerNov 11, 2008
  13. Shawn O. PearceNov 11, 2008
  14. Sverre RabbelierNov 11, 2008
  15. Rogan DawesNov 11, 2008
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