Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git v2.11.0-rc0

Jeff King [off-list ref] writes:

On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 02:49:42PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:

quoted

 * Output from "git diff" can be made easier to read by selecting
   which lines are common and which lines are added/deleted
   intelligently when the lines before and after the changed section
   are the same.  A command line option is added to help with the
   experiment to find a good heuristics.

I'm not sure we ever resolved all the discussion around options and
defaults here.

As of -rc0, we have both --indent-heuristic and --compaction-heuristic
(along with matching config), and they are mutually exclusive.

In [1], Stefan suggested just replacing the compaction heuristic
entirely with the new one (and you seemed to agree). If we're going to
do that, it makes sense to do so before the release, so that we don't
get stuck supporting --indent-heuristic forever.

You meant "compaction" in the last part?  I think it is probably a
good idea.

I'd vote for just removing compaction-heuristic while keeping the
indent-heuristic with experimental label and knobs and keeping it
off by default for a while.

Thanks for bringing it up.