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From: John Cai <johncai86@gmail.com>
To: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: "Elijah Newren" <newren@gmail.com>,
	"John Cai via GitGitGadget" <gitgitgadget@gmail.com>,
	git@vger.kernel.org, "Eric Sunshine" <sunshine@sunshineco.com>,
	"Phillip Wood" <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>,
	"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>,
	"Jeff King" <peff@peff.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/2] Teach diff to honor diff algorithms set through git attributes
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2023 14:36:12 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3F1016EE-07BD-4F7C-9C75-6995A1EB211F@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqq1qmig8c4.fsf@gitster.g>



On 21 Feb 2023, at 13:51, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> Elijah Newren <newren@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I'll leave that up to you and John, but are we risking merging code
>> that could go unused or that we need to fundamentally change?  I don't
>> see how to handle the issues over at
>> https://lore.kernel.org/git/647D3D49-B85B-4B66-A857-695CFF9685EE@gmail.com/
>
> If this is useful enough for desktop users already, then that is a
> good enough reason to take it, I would say.
>
> GitLab can easily add WebUI that says "You can define what diff
> algorithm is used for files with which suffix" to allow you to
> configure a table like this:
>
> 	json | histogram
> 	c    | patience
> 	*    | myers
>
> and populate the server-side equivalent of .git/info/attributes and
> .git/config based on that, and without anything further than the
> posted patches, the result should just work, no?

Yes, that is my thinking too. The goal was to make this user friendly for
everyone on the Git command line, and then GitLab can hook into this accordingly
to make it ussable with the GitLab UI.

thanks
John

  reply	other threads:[~2023-02-21 19:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 78+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-02-05  3:46 [PATCH 0/2] Teach diff to honor diff algorithms set through git attributes John Cai via GitGitGadget
2023-02-05  3:46 ` [PATCH 1/2] diff: consolidate diff algorithm option parsing John Cai via GitGitGadget
2023-02-06 16:20   ` Phillip Wood
2023-02-05  3:46 ` [PATCH 2/2] diff: teach diff to read gitattribute diff-algorithm John Cai via GitGitGadget
2023-02-05 17:50   ` Eric Sunshine
2023-02-06 13:10     ` John Cai
2023-02-06 16:27   ` Phillip Wood
2023-02-06 18:14     ` Eric Sunshine
2023-02-06 19:50     ` John Cai
2023-02-09  8:26       ` Elijah Newren
2023-02-09 10:31         ` "bad" diffs (was: [PATCH 2/2] diff: teach diff to read gitattribute diff-algorithm) Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2023-02-09 16:37         ` [PATCH 2/2] diff: teach diff to read gitattribute diff-algorithm John Cai
2023-02-06 16:39   ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2023-02-06 20:37     ` John Cai
2023-02-07 14:55       ` Phillip Wood
2023-02-07 17:00         ` John Cai
2023-02-09  9:09           ` Elijah Newren
2023-02-09 14:44             ` Phillip Wood
2023-02-10  9:57               ` Elijah Newren
2023-02-11 17:39                 ` Phillip Wood
2023-02-11  1:59               ` Jeff King
2023-02-15  2:35                 ` Elijah Newren
2023-02-15  4:21                   ` Jeff King
2023-02-15  5:20                     ` Junio C Hamano
2023-02-15 14:44                 ` Phillip Wood
2023-02-15 15:00                   ` Jeff King
2023-02-07 17:27         ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2023-02-15 14:47           ` Phillip Wood
2023-02-09  8:44       ` Elijah Newren
2023-02-14 21:16         ` John Cai
2023-02-15  3:41           ` Elijah Newren
2023-02-09  7:50     ` Elijah Newren
2023-02-09  9:41       ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2023-02-11  2:04         ` Jeff King
2023-02-07 17:56   ` Jeff King
2023-02-07 20:18     ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2023-02-07 20:47       ` Junio C Hamano
2023-02-07 21:05         ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2023-02-07 21:28           ` Junio C Hamano
2023-02-07 21:44             ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2023-02-09 16:34     ` John Cai
2023-02-11  1:39       ` Jeff King
2023-02-14 21:40 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] Teach diff to honor diff algorithms set through git attributes John Cai via GitGitGadget
2023-02-14 21:40   ` [PATCH v2 1/2] diff: consolidate diff algorithm option parsing John Cai via GitGitGadget
2023-02-15  2:38     ` Junio C Hamano
2023-02-15 23:34       ` John Cai
2023-02-15 23:42         ` Junio C Hamano
2023-02-16  2:14           ` Jeff King
2023-02-16  2:57             ` Junio C Hamano
2023-02-16 20:34               ` John Cai
2023-02-14 21:40   ` [PATCH v2 2/2] diff: teach diff to read gitattribute diff-algorithm John Cai via GitGitGadget
2023-02-15  2:56     ` Junio C Hamano
2023-02-15  3:20       ` Junio C Hamano
2023-02-16 20:37         ` John Cai
2023-02-17 20:21   ` [PATCH v3 0/2] Teach diff to honor diff algorithms set through git attributes John Cai via GitGitGadget
2023-02-17 20:21     ` [PATCH v3 1/2] diff: consolidate diff algorithm option parsing John Cai via GitGitGadget
2023-02-17 21:27       ` Junio C Hamano
2023-02-18  1:36       ` Elijah Newren
2023-02-17 20:21     ` [PATCH v3 2/2] diff: teach diff to read algorithm from diff driver John Cai via GitGitGadget
2023-02-17 21:50       ` Junio C Hamano
2023-02-18  2:56       ` Elijah Newren
2023-02-20 15:32         ` John Cai
2023-02-20 16:21           ` Elijah Newren
2023-02-20 16:49             ` John Cai
2023-02-20 17:32               ` Elijah Newren
2023-02-20 20:53                 ` John Cai
2023-02-22 19:47                 ` Jeff King
2023-02-24 17:44                   ` John Cai
2023-02-18  1:16     ` [PATCH v3 0/2] Teach diff to honor diff algorithms set through git attributes Elijah Newren
2023-02-20 13:37       ` John Cai
2023-02-20 21:04     ` [PATCH v4 " John Cai via GitGitGadget
2023-02-20 21:04       ` [PATCH v4 1/2] diff: consolidate diff algorithm option parsing John Cai via GitGitGadget
2023-02-20 21:04       ` [PATCH v4 2/2] diff: teach diff to read algorithm from diff driver John Cai via GitGitGadget
2023-02-21 17:34       ` [PATCH v4 0/2] Teach diff to honor diff algorithms set through git attributes Junio C Hamano
2023-02-21 18:05         ` Elijah Newren
2023-02-21 18:51           ` Junio C Hamano
2023-02-21 19:36             ` John Cai [this message]
2023-02-21 20:16               ` Elijah Newren

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