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Re: Integrating wdiff into diff
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François Pinard |
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Re: Integrating wdiff into diff |
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Thu, 7 Jun 2007 23:50:59 -0400 |
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Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) |
[Denver Gingerich]
[...] having more readable diff output for long lines (which
we would get after implementing the wdiff functionality), it would be
nice if diff could produce patches that are similarly readable. [...]
reducing the file size of patches. [...]
If you want to reduce patch size, dropping the readability requirement,
"xdelta" might be the tool to use. Otherwise, if you pursue the
diff/patch road, you need the complicity of the diffutils maintainer
if there is one, or become that maintainer if there is none.
[Karl Berry]
[...] if you want to work on wdiff, I'd like to suggest a first
step of making a new standalone wdiff release.
I would be interested in updating the standalone wdiff as you
suggested. I can see that this would be a much easier starting point
than trying to integrate wdiff into diff right off the bat.
I'd be quite ready to transmit wdiff duties, or even have them stolen
from me :-). But if you do not want them, then I would ask that we
discuss each patch as a separate entity, isolated from the others.
Keep happy, all!
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François Pinard http://pinard.progiciels-bpi.ca