Re: [PATCH 1/2] t4205: compare huge output without diff

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Sep 25, 2026, 06:41 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq7bk9ygqz.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <20260925001332.GA1408107@coredump.intra.peff.net>

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

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>   # first check quickly if there is any difference
>   cmp "$@" && return 0
>   # if not, then we can spend time to produce a useful output
>   diff "$@"
>
> But I never pursued it because I figured most of the things we compare
> are not big enough to matter (and really the comparison itself is
> dwarfed by the process startup time).

Yup, that matches my intuition.

> So I am happy just marking this particular case as cmp_bin, too.

Me too.

Thanks.

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