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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH] add diff-pairs tool
Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2016 12:58:21 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq7f7j8iz6.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20161201205504.flgaf7dwv3b3dkkd@sigill.intra.peff.net> (Jeff King's message of "Thu, 1 Dec 2016 15:55:04 -0500")

Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:

> On Thu, Dec 01, 2016 at 12:52:05PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
>> 
>> > This takes the output of `diff-tree -z --raw` and feeds it
>> > back to the later stages of the diff machinery to produce
>> > diffs in other formats.
>> 
>> A full circle.  This reminds me of the experiment done more than 10
>> years ago at the beginning of the "diffcore transformations" design.
>
> Heh, I didn't even think to dig for prior art on the list.

It took me a while to dig it up because the topic is so old, but

https://public-inbox.org/git/Pine.LNX.4.58.0504251832480.18901@ppc970.osdl.org/

is the thread I had in mind.  The idea of rename detection followed
soon afterwards.

  reply	other threads:[~2016-12-01 20:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-12-01 20:40 [RFC/PATCH] add diff-pairs tool Jeff King
2016-12-01 20:52 ` Junio C Hamano
2016-12-01 20:55   ` Jeff King
2016-12-01 20:58     ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2016-12-01 21:04       ` Junio C Hamano
2016-12-01 21:30       ` Jeff King
2016-12-01 22:22         ` Junio C Hamano
2016-12-01 22:30           ` Jeff King

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