From: Linus Torvalds Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 18:34:03 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] Diff overhaul, adding the other half... Message-ID: In-Reply-To: On Sat, 21 May 2005, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > 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