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Re: [PATCH] diff: Introduce diff.algorithm variable

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Mar 12, 2012, 05:42 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
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> The last two hunks gives me a queasy feeling for some reason.  I
> think I recently saw a patch to clean up this area to clarify that
> PATIENCE/HISTOGRAM are not independent option bits (but I cannot
> remember where) and we probably should use the approach taken by
> that patch.

I did some digging; no wonder I remember it---it is one of the stuff I wrote and then later discarded.

  http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/191036/focus=191038

I think this "algorithm" thing should build on that patch, even though the later parts of the series in that thread has turned out to be unwanted.

Thanks.
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  1. diff: Introduce diff.algorithm variableMichal Privoznik, Mar 9, 2012
  2. Junio C HamanoMar 9, 2012
  3. Junio C HamanoMar 12, 2012
  4. Tay Ray ChuanMar 13, 2012
  5. Junio C HamanoMar 13, 2012
  6. Jeff KingMar 13, 2012

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