| From: | Gurjeet Singh <singh(dot)gurjeet(at)gmail(dot)com> |
|---|---|
| To: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Kevin Grittner <kevin(dot)grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: git diff --patience |
| Date: | 2010-10-01 13:46:10 |
| Message-ID: | AANLkTimYx9npDv9nq_YzC6F7EQdgS+ZQSSBzB_zU2+MN@mail.gmail.com |
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On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Alvaro Herrera
<alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>wrote:
> Excerpts from Kevin Grittner's message of jue sep 30 16:38:11 -0400 2010:
>
> > When I read the description of the algorithm, I can't imagine a
> > situation where --patience would make the diff *worse*. I was
> > somewhat afraid (based on the name) that it would be slow; but
> > if it is slower, it hasn't been by enough for me to notice it.
>
> There is a very simple example posted on some of the blog posts that
> goes something like
>
> aaaaaaaa
> aaaaaaaa
> aaaaaaaa
> bbbbbbbb
> bbbbbbbb
> bbbbbbbb
> xyz
>
> and the "xyz" is moved to the front. In this corner case, the patience
> diff is a lot worse.
>
Sorry, but that example didn't make much sense to me. Can you please
elaborate, or maybe share those blog posts you are referring to.
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