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Re: Is --minimal ever not the right thing?

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KTKonstantin Tokarev <annulen@yandex.ru>
Date
Dec 19, 2023, 18:09 UTC
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On Tue, 19 Dec 2023 09:55:34 -0800 Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> wrote:

> minimal is guaranteed to produce a minimal diff, i.e. fewest total
> subtractions and additions.  That is sometimes "best" quality, but
> definitely not always.

I second this. Recently I had a case when I had to use --anchored option of git diff to produce more informative diff instead of minimal one.

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  3. Elijah NewrenDec 19, 2023
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