From: Matthieu Moy Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:38:16 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] config: Introduce --patience config variable Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <4F5611F1.4020309@redhat.com> Michal Privoznik writes: > Okay guys. I'll got with diff.algorithm = [patience | minimal | > histogram | myers] then. What I am not sure about is how to threat case > when user have say algorithm = patience set in config but want to use > myers. I guess we need --myers option then, don't we? At this point, maybe it's time to have --diff-algorithm=[patience|minimal|histogram|myers], and keep --patience, --minimal and --histogram just as compatibility aliases. Having one option per algorithm feels wrong ... -- Matthieu Moy http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/