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From: Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
To: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
Cc: Thomas Rast <trast@inf.ethz.ch>, Jeff King <peff@peff.net>,
	git@vger.kernel.org, gitster@pobox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] config: Introduce --patience config variable
Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:38:16 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <vpqr4x5hmt3.fsf@bauges.imag.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F5611F1.4020309@redhat.com> (Michal Privoznik's message of "Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:32:33 +0100")

Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com> writes:

> Okay guys. I'll got with diff.algorithm = [patience | minimal |
> histogram | myers] then. What I am not sure about is how to threat case
> when user have say algorithm = patience set in config but want to use
> myers. I guess we need --myers option then, don't we?

At this point, maybe it's time to have
--diff-algorithm=[patience|minimal|histogram|myers], and keep
--patience, --minimal and --histogram just as compatibility aliases.

Having one option per algorithm feels wrong ...

-- 
Matthieu Moy
http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/

  reply	other threads:[~2012-03-06 13:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-03-06 10:59 [PATCH] config: Introduce --patience config variable Michal Privoznik
2012-03-06 11:49 ` Jeff King
2012-03-06 13:01   ` Thomas Rast
2012-03-06 13:15     ` [PATCH 1/2] perf: compare diff algorithms Thomas Rast
2012-03-06 13:15       ` [PATCH 2/2] Document the --histogram diff option Thomas Rast
2012-03-06 19:57         ` Junio C Hamano
2012-03-06 20:42           ` Thomas Rast
2012-03-06 19:52       ` [PATCH 1/2] perf: compare diff algorithms Junio C Hamano
2012-03-06 21:00         ` Thomas Rast
2012-03-06 21:18           ` Junio C Hamano
2012-03-06 21:41             ` Jakub Narebski
2012-03-07 12:44               ` Thomas Rast
2012-03-07 17:45                 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-03-07 18:03                 ` Jakub Narebski
2012-03-07 18:19                   ` Junio C Hamano
2012-03-10  7:13       ` René Scharfe
2012-03-06 13:30     ` [PATCH] config: Introduce --patience config variable Jeff King
2012-03-06 13:32     ` Michal Privoznik
2012-03-06 13:38       ` Matthieu Moy [this message]
2012-03-06 14:09         ` Jeff King
2012-03-07  2:57   ` Junio C Hamano
2012-03-07 11:47     ` Jeff King
2012-03-07 17:24       ` Junio C Hamano

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