From: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2022 11:07:10 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] xdiff: provide indirection to git functions
Message-ID: <94c2b081-2767-8d4a-f77e-db74d9aeda56@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20220209013354.GB7@abe733c6e288>

Hi Edward

On 09/02/2022 01:33, Edward Thomson wrote:
> Provide an indirection layer into the git-specific functionality and
> utilities in `git-xdiff.h`, prefixing those types and functions with
> `xdl_` (and `XDL_` for macros).  This allows other projects that use
> git's xdiff implementation to keep up-to-date; they can now take all the
> files _except_ `git-xdiff.h`, which they have customized for their own
> environment.

This seems like a sensible way to make it easier to share a common 
xdiff. The patch looks good to me apart from

> diff --git a/xdiff/xinclude.h b/xdiff/xinclude.h
> index a4285ac0eb..bf66dc0a87 100644
> --- a/xdiff/xinclude.h
> +++ b/xdiff/xinclude.h
> @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
>   #define XINCLUDE_H
>   
>   #include "git-compat-util.h"

I think you want to remove this

Best Wishes

Phillip