One case where patience diff does much better

[John A Meinel]

John Yates wrote:
> Before Bram Cohen identified the patience connection I posted a
> description of the DSEE / ClearCase diff algorithm to the darcs
> mailing list:
> 
>   http://www.abridgegame.org/pipermail/darcs-users/2005-April/006561.html
> 
> One feature I remember especially fondly was a merge tool could
> explicate a diff in terms of moves as well as inserts and deletes.
> 
> /john

I know that Bram has made the comment that tracking moves was not worth
the effort. I don't know if he is correct. But I can see how it could
vastly complicate things.

John
=:->


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