Hi Junio,

On Wed, 29 Nov 2017, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> * jt/diff-anchored-patience (2017-11-28) 1 commit
>  - diff: support anchoring line(s)
> 
>  "git diff" learned a variant of the "--patience" algorithm, to
>  which the user can specify which 'unique' line to be used as
>  anchoring points.

FWIW I am very much in favor of this feature. I often wished for something
easy to make sure that certain lines (which I know are unchanged) are not
marked as "-" and then "+". And Jonathan's design (--anchor=<prefix>)
seems sound. If need be, I can always extend it to
(--anchor-regex=<pattern>).

Ciao,
Dscho

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