From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 26 May 2020 18:33:18 GMT
Subject: Re: [BUG] diff algorithm selection issue
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In-Reply-To: <505382066.1036329918.1590513687177.JavaMail.root@zimbra39-e7>

ydirson@free.fr writes:

>> Or is it rather intended to be `--diff-algorithm=default --minimal`,
>> whatever the default may be in the future ?
>
> Now that I think about it, do we really want "minimal" as a valid choice
> for --diff-algorithm, if it's not a choice of algorithm ?

I asked the same question to myself before writing my first response
but it is way too late to ask it now.  I do support the spirit of
"--minimal", but not "--diff-algorithm=minimal" which may be an
ill-thought-out shorthand for "--diff-algorithm=default --minimal".

If you dig the list archive, I would imagine that you would find
that not an insignificant part of list participant back then thought
it was a good idea ;-)