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Re: [PATCH 25/25] diff: document the new --color-moved setting

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Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Date
Jun 30, 2017, 16:04 UTC
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On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 12:26 AM, Simon Ruderich <simon@ruderich.org> wrote:
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> On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 05:07:10PM -0700, Stefan Beller wrote:
>> +     Small blocks of 3 moved lines or fewer are skipped.
>
> If I read the commit messages correctly, this "skipping" process
> applies to the move detection in general for those smaller blocks
> and therefore doesn't mean a malicious move can hide smaller
> changes, correct? If so, I find this sentence misleading. Maybe
> something like:
>
>     Small blocks of 3 moved lines or fewer are excluded from move
>     detection and colored as regular diff.

Well, this reads as if "blocks of 3 lines" are excluded, but what I mean is "if all adjacent blocks combined are 3 lines or fewer"

Example of how I understand the code:
    context
  + moved line, block A
  + moved line, block A
  + moved line, block B
  + moved line, block A
  + moved line, block A
    context

These five lines are colored, because 5>3, but each individual block is smaller than 3 lines. However we already want to tell the reviewer that the middle line is not part of a contiguous 5 line block, so we have to use alternative color in the middle.

However
    context
  + moved line, block A or B
  + moved line, block A or B
    context

is omitted, because the number of lines here is fewer than 3 ignoring the block type.

Maybe
  If there are fewer than 3 adjacent lines of
  moved code, they are skipped.

Thanks, Stefan

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> Simon
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Message 21 of 63 in “Reroll of sb/diff-color-moved.”
  1. 00/25 Reroll of sb/diff-color-moved.Stefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  2. 02/25 diff.c: move line ending check into emit_hunk_headerStefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  3. 12/25 diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns DIFF_SYMBOL_HEADERStefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  4. 04/25 diff.c: introduce emit_diff_symbolStefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  5. 06/25 diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns DIFF_SYMBOL_CONTEXT_FRAGINFOStefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  6. 01/25 diff.c: readability fixStefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  7. 05/25 diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns DIFF_SYMBOL_CONTEXT_MARKERStefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  8. 03/25 diff.c: factor out diff_flush_patch_all_file_pairsStefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  9. 07/25 diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns DIFF_SYMBOL_NO_LF_EOFStefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  10. 18/25 diff.c: convert word diffing to use emit_diff_symbolStefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  11. 13/25 diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns about DIFF_SYMBOL_BINARY_FILESStefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  12. 21/25 diff.c: buffer all output if asked toStefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  13. 20/25 diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns about DIFF_SYMBOL_SUMMARYStefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  14. 22/25 diff.c: color moved lines differentlyStefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  15. Junio C HamanoJun 30, 2017
  16. Stefan BellerJun 30, 2017
  17. Junio C HamanoJun 30, 2017
  18. 24/25 diff.c: add dimming to moved line detectionStefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  19. 25/25 diff: document the new --color-moved settingStefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  20. Simon RuderichJun 30, 2017
  21. Stefan BellerJun 30, 2017
  22. Simon RuderichJun 30, 2017
  23. Stefan BellerJun 30, 2017
  24. 19/25 diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns about DIFF_SYMBOL_STAT_SEPStefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  25. 11/25 diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns DIFF_SYMBOL_FILEPAIR_{PLUS, MINUS}Stefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  26. 23/25 diff.c: color moved lines differently, plain modeStefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  27. 15/25 submodule.c: migrate diff output to use emit_diff_symbolStefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  28. 14/25 diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns DIFF_SYMBOL_REWRITE_DIFFStefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  29. 16/25 diff.c: convert emit_binary_diff_body to use emit_diff_symbolStefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  30. 10/25 diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns DIFF_SYMBOL_CONTEXT_INCOMPLETEStefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  31. 17/25 diff.c: convert show_stats to use emit_diff_symbolStefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  32. 09/25 diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns DIFF_SYMBOL_WORDS[_PORCELAIN]Stefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  33. 08/25 diff.c: migrate emit_line_checked to use emit_diff_symbolStefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  34. 00/25 Reroll of sb/diff-color-moved.Stefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  35. 01/25 diff.c: readability fixStefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  36. 02/25 diff.c: move line ending check into emit_hunk_headerStefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  37. 06/25 diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns DIFF_SYMBOL_CONTEXT_FRAGINFOStefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  38. 07/25 diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns DIFF_SYMBOL_NO_LF_EOFStefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  39. 05/25 diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns DIFF_SYMBOL_CONTEXT_MARKERStefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  40. 12/25 diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns DIFF_SYMBOL_HEADERStefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  41. 13/25 diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns about DIFF_SYMBOL_BINARY_FILESStefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  42. 14/25 diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns DIFF_SYMBOL_REWRITE_DIFFStefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  43. 09/25 diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns DIFF_SYMBOL_WORDS[_PORCELAIN]Stefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  44. 20/25 diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns about DIFF_SYMBOL_SUMMARYStefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  45. 18/25 diff.c: convert word diffing to use emit_diff_symbolStefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  46. 17/25 diff.c: convert show_stats to use emit_diff_symbolStefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  47. 15/25 submodule.c: migrate diff output to use emit_diff_symbolStefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  48. 21/25 diff.c: buffer all output if asked toStefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  49. 25/25 diff: document the new --color-moved settingStefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  50. 23/25 diff.c: color moved lines differently, plain modeStefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  51. 22/25 diff.c: color moved lines differentlyStefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  52. Junio C HamanoJun 30, 2017
  53. Stefan BellerJun 30, 2017
  54. Junio C HamanoJun 30, 2017
  55. 24/25 diff.c: add dimming to moved line detectionStefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  56. 19/25 diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns about DIFF_SYMBOL_STAT_SEPStefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  57. 16/25 diff.c: convert emit_binary_diff_body to use emit_diff_symbolStefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  58. 03/25 diff.c: factor out diff_flush_patch_all_file_pairsStefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  59. 11/25 diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns DIFF_SYMBOL_FILEPAIR_{PLUS, MINUS}Stefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  60. 10/25 diff.c: emit_diff_symbol learns DIFF_SYMBOL_CONTEXT_INCOMPLETEStefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  61. 08/25 diff.c: migrate emit_line_checked to use emit_diff_symbolStefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  62. 04/25 diff.c: introduce emit_diff_symbolStefan Beller, Jun 30, 2017
  63. Junio C HamanoJun 30, 2017

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