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Re: weird diff output?

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Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>
Date
Apr 12, 2016, 19:34 UTC
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On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 10:47 AM, Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com> wrote:
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> I started attempting to implement this heuristic within xdiff, but I
> am at a loss as to how xdiff actually works. I suspect this would go
> in xdi_change_compact or after it, but I really don't understand how
> xdiff represents the diffs at all...
I agree that this seems like the right place.

On the off chance that David, the author of xdiff remembers that part, I cc'd him. (The whole discussion on better diffs is found at http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/290093)

Thanks, Stefan

>
> Thanks,
> Jake
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  1. Jacob KellerMar 29, 2016
  2. Stefan BellerMar 29, 2016
  3. Junio C HamanoMar 29, 2016
  4. Stefan BellerMar 29, 2016
  5. Jacob KellerMar 29, 2016
  6. Junio C HamanoMar 30, 2016
  7. Jeff KingMar 30, 2016
  8. Stefan BellerMar 30, 2016
  9. Jacob KellerMar 30, 2016
  10. Jacob KellerMar 30, 2016
  11. Jacob KellerMar 30, 2016
  12. Stefan BellerMar 30, 2016
  13. Junio C HamanoApr 1, 2016
  14. Jeff KingMar 31, 2016
  15. Jacob KellerApr 6, 2016
  16. Stefan BellerApr 12, 2016
  17. Davide LibenziApr 14, 2016
  18. Jeff KingApr 14, 2016
  19. Stefan BellerApr 14, 2016
  20. Implement better chunk heuristics.Stefan Beller, Apr 15, 2016
  21. Jacob KellerApr 15, 2016
  22. Stefan BellerApr 15, 2016
  23. Jacob KellerApr 15, 2016
  24. Junio C HamanoApr 15, 2016
  25. Stefan BellerApr 15, 2016
  26. Jacob KellerApr 15, 2016
  27. Jeff KingApr 15, 2016

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