Re: [PATCH 3/3] Diff overhaul, adding the other half...

From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Date: May 21, 2005, 18:34 UTC
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0505211128570.2206@ppc970.osdl.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0505211124440.2206@ppc970.osdl.org>

On Sat, 21 May 2005, Linus Torvalds wrote:

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> Now, all of the actual test-cases I looked at were actually parts of
> patches where the source file _had_ been modified, so I didn't see a case
> where it selected any of the random 17,000 files that were _not_ modified,
> and I didn't double-check further than your commit message saying that it 
> really does that, so..

Oh, I decided to double-check, and no, it doesn't actually do a full copy check for diff-tree. Only for diff-cache and diff-files.

Which is a sensible default, and I note that you sent a separate email for testing the extreme case. I'll try that out too, just for fun,

		Linus

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