Re: Re* [BUG-ish] diff compaction heuristic false positive

> Subject: [PATCH] diff: disable compaction heuristic for now
>
> http://lkml.kernel.org/g/20160610075043.GA13411@sigill.intra.peff.net
> reports that a change to add a new "function" with common ending
> with the existing one at the end of the file is shown like this:
>
>     def foo
>       do_foo_stuff()
>
>    +  common_ending()
>    +end
>    +
>    +def bar
>    +  do_bar_stuff()
>    +
>       common_ending()
>     end
>
> when the new heuristic is in use.  In reality, the change is to add
> the blank line before "def bar" and everything below, which is what
> the code without the new heuristic shows.
>
> Disable the heuristics by default and leave it as an experimental
> feature for now.
>
> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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