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> Any plans to extend it to merging? The GitHub readme: > Can difftastic do merges? > No. AST merging is a hard problem that difftastic does not address. >
by OJFord 3y ago
> Any plans to extend it to merging?
The GitHub readme:
> Can difftastic do merges?
> No. AST merging is a hard problem that difftastic does not address.
> AST diffing is a also lossy process from the perspective of a text diff. Difftastic will ignore whitespace that isn't syntactically significant, but merging requires tracking whitespace.