Re: [RFC/PATCH] add diff-pairs tool

Jeff King [off-list ref] writes:

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It took me a while to dig it up because the topic is so old, but

https://public-inbox.org/git/Pine.LNX.4.58.0504251832480.18901@ppc970.osdl.org/

is the thread I had in mind.  The idea of rename detection followed
soon afterwards.

Thanks for an interesting read. Your diff-tree-helper patch is very
similar to what I wrote.

I do think the right decision was made back then. The single-process
model is much more efficient, and it was over 10 years until somebody
actually wanted to expose the functionality to a script (and even now,
I'm not convinced enough people want it to even merit inclusion).

Well, 10 years ago the person in the thread who argued "who cares
about producing patches?  each step in plumbing should do one thing
and one thing only and do so well" was Linus, so your coming up with
the diff-tree-helper again may indicate that we may want to step
back and retry the experiment again, perhaps?