From: Johannes Schindelin Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 07:36:51 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] diff --stat: sometimes use non-linear scaling. Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <7vfyeejakq.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> Hi, On Tue, 26 Sep 2006, Junio C Hamano wrote: > When some files have big changes and others are touched only > slightly, diffstat graph did not show differences among smaller > changes that well. This changes the graph scaling to non-linear > algorithm in such a case. I want to say something about the purpose of the patch, not some totally unimportant superficialities. In your example, a three line change has more than three plusses, and I find that wrong. But I would actually find another change very useful: still linear, but such that if lines were added, at least one plus should be shown, and likewise with minus. (Often I ask myself, was this file removed, or just dramatically reduced, when I only see minusses). Ciao, Dscho