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Re: [PATCH] xdiff: Match GNU diff behaviour when deciding hunk comment worthiness of lines

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
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Oct 25, 2006, 02:18 UTC
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"Horst H. von Brand" <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl> writes:
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> Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz> wrote:
>> This removes the '#' and '(' tests and adds a '$' test instead although I
>> have no idea what it is actually good for - but hey, if that's what GNU
>> diff does...
>
> $ starts a shell (or Perl) variable...
>
>> Pasky only went and did as Junio sayeth.
>
> Horst adds a guesse...
If I have to guess, I think that is from VMS.
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  1. Horst von BrandOct 12, 2005
  2. Horst von BrandOct 21, 2005
  3. Horst von BrandOct 21, 2005
  4. Petr BaudisOct 23, 2005
  5. Horst von BrandOct 23, 2005
  6. Petr BaudisOct 23, 2005
  7. Horst von BrandOct 24, 2005
  8. Horst H. von BrandOct 25, 2006
  9. Junio C HamanoOct 25, 2006
  10. Horst H. von BrandOct 26, 2006
  11. Horst H. von BrandOct 27, 2006
  12. Jakub NarebskiOct 28, 2006

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