Re: Diff impromements: keep block whole
On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 12:36:26PM +0300, KES wrote:
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> Does it be more meaning full which change was done when diff will be displayed as:
> @@ -1278,6 +1311,16 @@ sub process {
> if( ref $result eq 'HASH' ) {
> $code = $result->{ code };
> @args = DB::eval( $result->{ expr } );
>
> redo PROCESS;
> }
> + elsif( ref $result eq 'ARRAY' ) {
> + $code = shift @$result;
> + @args = ();
> + for my $expr ( @$result ) {
> + push @args, [ DB::eval( $expr ) ];
> + }
> +
> + redo PROCESS;
> + }
>
>
> instead of:
>
> @@ -1278,6 +1311,16 @@ sub process {
> if( ref $result eq 'HASH' ) {
> $code = $result->{ code };
> @args = DB::eval( $result->{ expr } );
> +
> + redo PROCESS;
> + }
> + elsif( ref $result eq 'ARRAY' ) {
> + $code = shift @$result;
> + @args = ();
> + for my $expr ( @$result ) {
> + push @args, [ DB::eval( $expr ) ];
> + }
> +
> redo PROCESS;
> }
> Yes, it would definately be more meaningfull, but for an algorithm it's not that clear cut. Michael Hagerty is currently working on a patch series[1] to give git some heuristics to get better diffs, but is hard to get right.
You can already enable this by adding --compaction-heuristic to the diff command, but this can also give odd results in other cases, so it's not enabled by default.
Kevin.
[1]:https://public-inbox.org/git/cover.1473068229.git.mhagger@alum.mit.edu/
