From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:48:57 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Teach Git about the patience diff algorithm
Message-ID: <7v63kqall2.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0901072121260.7496@intel-tinevez-2-302>

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> After compiling and installing, something like this should be fun to 
> watch:
>
> 	$ git rev-list --all --parents | \
> 	  grep " .* " | \
> 	  while read commit parent1 parent2 otherparents
> 	  do
> 		test -z "$otherparents" || continue
> 		git checkout $parent1 &&
> 		git merge $parent2 &&
> 		git diff > without-patience.txt &&
> ...
> 		if ! cmp without-patience.txt with-patience.txt
> 		then
> 			echo '==============================='
> 			echo "differences found in merge $commit"
> ...
> 			cat with-patience.txt
> 		fi ||
> 		exit
> 	  done | tee patience-merge.out

An even more interesting test would be possible by dropping "&&" from the
two "git merge" invocations.

 - Your sample will exit at the first conflicting merge otherwise.

 - You may find cases where one resolves cleanly while the other leaves
   conflicts.