Re: [PATCH 2/2] Add keyword unexpansion support to convert.c
From: Martin Langhoff <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:43:05
On 4/18/07, Robin H. Johnson [off-list ref] wrote:
As for a usage case: - J.PEBKAC.User gets a a tree (from a tarball or GIT, we should gain the same output) - Copies some file outside of the tree (the user is NOT smart enough, and resists all reasonable attempts at edumacation) - Modifies said file outside of tree. - Contacts maintainer with entire changed file. - User vanishes off the internet.
That's a valid case, but as Linus hints, that's a snippet of perl/bash
away to find "closest matches". We could have a
git-findclosestmatch <head> path/to/scan/ randomfile.c
That would quickly return a few candidates together with the commit
they appear in.
cheers,
martin