On 20/05/17 00:21, Linus Torvalds wrote: > So I noticed that my diffstat didn't match either the KVM or the Xen pull. > > The *reason* seems to be that both Radim and Juergen have enabled the > "patience" diff, because if I add "--patience" to the diff line, I get > the same numbers you guys report. > > On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 11:43 AM, Radim Krčmář <rkrc...@redhat.com> wrote: >> >> 28 files changed, 297 insertions(+), 125 deletions(-) > > Without "--patience" (the default) I get: > > 28 files changed, 292 insertions(+), 120 deletions(-) > > which is close, but not the exact same thing. > > So I don't mind people using the patience version of the diffing code, > but on the whole it's a loss as often as it is a win, so I'm wondering > _why_ you do this? Is there some other project that has started > suggesting using the patience diff (either with a command line option > or by just doing > > git config diff.algorithm patience > > anyway, it's not a big deal, I'm just curious..
In my case it was a patch which was much easier to review using the patience diff. I just didn't switch back afterwards (what I did now). Juergen
