From: Jacob Keller <jacob.keller@gmail.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com>,
Michael Haggerty <mhagger@alum.mit.edu>,
"git@vger.kernel.org" <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: What's cooking in git.git (Jun 2017, #03; Mon, 5)
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2017 23:52:07 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+P7+xpvZDHum-A4omMySTebgBLFzhkpD=DiL-_Mm_Qv-OkMaw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqq8tl5apkk.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 6:10 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:
>
>>> "git diff" has been taught to optionally paint new lines that are
>>> the same as deleted lines elsewhere differently from genuinely new
>>> lines.
>>>
>>> Are we happy with these changes?
>>
>> I advertised this series e.g. for reviewing Brandons
>> repo object refactoring series and used it myself to inspect
>> some patches there[1]. I am certainly happy (but biased) with
>> what we have available there.
>>
>> Jacob intended to use this series
>> for review as well, but has given no opinion yet.
>>
>> You seemed to have used it for js/blame-lib?
>>
>> --
>> Those patches had a wide reviewer audience cc'd,
>> so I would think people are aware of this series.
>
> I tried to, yes. I haven't had a chance to see how well the current
> iteration fares "does the externally-visible goal make sense?" test.
>
> I do not think I saw a negative "an approach to show this kind of
> output would not be useful" reaction, so I assume at least people
> would want an alternative output format that would help reviewing a
> change that moves blocks of lines around.
>
> In any case, that is not a review. A patch series wanting to do a
> good thing, and people agreeing that the externally visible effect
> it produces matches that good thing, is one thing. A review that
> makes sure the code achieves the externally visible effect well
> (e.g. without overly inefficient algorithm, without buffer overflows
> or underflows, off-by-ones, etc.) is another thing, and I haven't
> seen anybody going with fine toothed comb to do that kind of review,
> hence my "are we happy?" inquiry.
>
I will try to find some time tomorrow to go over it in detail.
Thanks,
Jake
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-06-06 6:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-06-05 3:59 What's cooking in git.git (Jun 2017, #03; Mon, 5) Junio C Hamano
2017-06-05 18:23 ` Stefan Beller
2017-06-06 1:10 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-06-06 6:52 ` Jacob Keller [this message]
2017-06-08 5:41 ` Jacob Keller
2017-06-13 22:19 ` Stefan Beller
2017-06-14 9:54 ` Junio C Hamano
2017-06-14 18:44 ` Stefan Beller
2017-06-06 6:44 ` Jacob Keller
2017-06-06 9:50 ` Michael Haggerty
2017-06-06 22:05 ` Jacob Keller
2017-06-07 18:28 ` Stefan Beller
2017-06-07 21:58 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2017-06-07 22:05 ` Stefan Beller
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