From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:09:22 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Teach Git about the patience diff algorithm
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.0901091001260.6528@localhost.localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0901091405460.30769@pacific.mpi-cbg.de>



On Fri, 9 Jan 2009, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> 
> -- snipsnap --
> [TOY PATCH] Add diff option '--collapse-non-alnums'

I really don't think it should be about "alnum".

Think about languages that use "begin" and "end" instead of "{" "}".

I think we'd be better off just looking at the size, but _this_ is a 
really good area where "uniqueness" matters.

Don't combine unique lines, but lines that have the same hash as a 
thousand other lines? Go right ahead.

		Linus