On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 2:38 PM, Junio C Hamano [off-list ref] wrote:
-diff.indentHeuristic::
diff.compactionHeuristic::
Set one of these options to `true` to enable one of two
experimental heuristics that shift diff hunk boundaries to
We would need to reword this as well, as there will be only one heuristic left?
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
--- a/xdiff/xdiffi.c
+++ b/xdiff/xdiffi.c
@@ -906,22 +906,7 @@ int xdl_change_compact(xdfile_t *xdf, xdfile_t *xdfo, long flags) {
if (group_previous(xdfo, &go))
xdl_bug("group sync broken sliding to match");
}
- } else if ((flags & XDF_COMPACTION_HEURISTIC) && blank_lines) {
- /*
- * Compaction heuristic: if it is possible to shift the
- * group to make its bottom line a blank line, do so.
- *
- * As we already shifted the group forward as far as
- * possible in the earlier loop, we only need to handle
- * backward shifts, not forward ones.
- */
- while (!is_blank_line(xdf->recs[g.end - 1], flags)) {
- if (group_slide_up(xdf, &g, flags))
- xdl_bug("blank line disappeared");
- if (group_previous(xdfo, &go))
- xdl_bug("group sync broken sliding to blank line");
- }
- } else if (flags & XDF_INDENT_HEURISTIC) {
+ } else if (flags & XDF_COMPACTION_HEURISTIC) {
/*
* Indent heuristic: a group of pure add/delete lines
This comment may need adjustment as well (though we could go without)
* implies two splits, one between the end of the "before"