Re: [PATCH] Per-path attribute based hunk header selection.

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jul 7, 2007, 20:36 UTC
Message-ID: <7vsl806jem.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0707071317060.4093@racer.site>

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

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>> Johannes, it strikes me that it is very odd having to add ".*$" at the 
>> end and to surround the whole thing in a parentheses. Shouldn't the 
>> ff_regexp() grabber simply pick the whole line? After all, that is what 
>> GNU "diff -p -F RE" does.
>
> Yes, but then you can forget about your hierarchical idea.

Yeah, I've brought it up just for discussion, but I no longer think the multi-line pattern that picks pieces and paste them together is worth it.

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