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I'm fairly sure this applies only to the generating engine. (Otherwise it'd somehow need to reformat old diffs on the fly.)
by creshal 10y ago
I'm fairly sure this applies only to the generating engine. (Otherwise it'd somehow need to reformat old diffs on the fly.)
- avar 10y agoReformat old diffs? If you're under the impression that Git stores diffs you're mistaken. It stores the full file contents and delta-compresses them later. Diffs in Git are purely a presentation format for human consumption.
- creshal 10y ago> Diffs in Git are purely a presentation format for human consumption. git format-patch says hi. Obviously the diff engine changes won't apply to already generated text diffs.