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Re: [PATCH 0/3] Teach Git about the patience diff algorithm

From
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date
Jan 1, 2009, 19:45 UTC
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<alpine.DEB.1.00.0901011730190.30769@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>
On Thu, 1 Jan 2009, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> 
> Nothing fancy, really, just a straight-forward implementation of the
> heavily under-documented and under-analyzed paience diff algorithm.

Exactly because the patience diff is so under-documented, could you perhaps give a few examples of how it differs in the result, and why it's so wonderful? Yes, yes, I can google, and no, no, nothing useful shows up except for *totally* content-free fanboisms. 

So could we have some actual real data on it?
			Linus
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  1. Pierre HabouzitNov 4, 2008
  2. Davide LibenziNov 4, 2008
  3. Pierre HabouzitNov 4, 2008
  4. Johannes SchindelinNov 4, 2008
  5. Pierre HabouzitNov 4, 2008
  6. Johannes SchindelinNov 4, 2008
  7. Pierre HabouzitNov 4, 2008
  8. Johannes SchindelinNov 4, 2008
  9. Pierre HabouzitNov 4, 2008
  10. 0/3 Teach Git about the patience diff algorithmJohannes Schindelin, Jan 1, 2009
  11. 1/3 Implement the patience diff algorithmJohannes Schindelin, Jan 1, 2009
  12. 2/3 Introduce the diff option '--patience'Johannes Schindelin, Jan 1, 2009
  13. 3/3 bash completions: Add the --patience optionJohannes Schindelin, Jan 1, 2009
  14. Linus TorvaldsJan 1, 2009
  15. Linus TorvaldsJan 1, 2009
  16. Johannes SchindelinJan 2, 2009
  17. Linus TorvaldsJan 2, 2009
  18. Johannes SchindelinJan 2, 2009
  19. Jeff KingJan 2, 2009
  20. 1/3 Implement the patience diff algorithmJohannes Schindelin, Jan 2, 2009
  21. Johannes SchindelinJan 2, 2009
  22. Adeodato SimóJan 1, 2009
  23. Linus TorvaldsJan 2, 2009
  24. Clemens BuchacherJan 2, 2009
  25. Clemens BuchacherJan 2, 2009
  26. Linus TorvaldsJan 2, 2009
  27. Johannes SchindelinJan 2, 2009
  28. Linus TorvaldsJan 2, 2009
  29. Johannes SchindelinJan 2, 2009
  30. Jeff KingJan 2, 2009
  31. Jeff KingJan 2, 2009
  32. Jeff KingJan 2, 2009
  33. Linus TorvaldsJan 2, 2009
  34. Bazaar's patience diff as GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFFAdeodato Simó, Jan 3, 2009
  35. Johannes SchindelinJan 2, 2009
  36. Junio C HamanoJan 2, 2009
  37. Adeodato SimóJan 2, 2009
  38. Pierre HabouzitJan 6, 2009
  39. Pierre HabouzitJan 6, 2009
  40. Johannes SchindelinJan 6, 2009
  41. Pierre HabouzitJan 7, 2009
  42. Johannes SchindelinJan 7, 2009
  43. 1/3 Implement the patience diff algorithmJohannes Schindelin, Jan 7, 2009
  44. Davide LibenziJan 7, 2009
  45. Johannes SchindelinJan 7, 2009
  46. Davide LibenziJan 7, 2009
  47. Johannes SchindelinJan 7, 2009
  48. Linus TorvaldsJan 7, 2009
  49. Johannes SchindelinJan 7, 2009
  50. Davide LibenziJan 7, 2009
  51. Sam VilainJan 7, 2009
  52. Linus TorvaldsJan 7, 2009
  53. Sam VilainJan 8, 2009
  54. Johannes SchindelinJan 7, 2009
  55. Junio C HamanoJan 7, 2009
  56. Johannes SchindelinJan 7, 2009
  57. Pierre HabouzitJan 7, 2009
  58. Johannes SchindelinJan 7, 2009
  59. Adeodato SimóJan 8, 2009
  60. Adeodato SimóJan 8, 2009
  61. Junio C HamanoJan 9, 2009
  62. Johannes SchindelinJan 9, 2009
  63. Adeodato SimóJan 9, 2009
  64. Linus TorvaldsJan 9, 2009
  65. Linus TorvaldsJan 9, 2009
  66. Junio C HamanoJan 9, 2009
  67. Johannes SchindelinJan 10, 2009

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