Hm, aren't block move diffs something that could exist alongside line/word/binary diffs? It seems like while line/word/binary diffs are mutually exclusive to each other, block moves can work in conjunction to any of them.
You should file a bug report against darcs and add it to the darcsv3 wiki page! On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 5:36 PM, Andreas Wagner < [email protected]> wrote: > Good question! I am also interested to know what the plan is. > > As for word based diffs I'd actually rather see block move diffs ( > http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1377&context=cstech) > than > patches based around yet another arbitrary character that is meaningless > in most programming languages. Block moves (p q l) may be more economical > as well depending on how patches (with "add" and "remove") are represented > now. Also, renaming darcs tracked files would not require a special command > anymore. > > afaik camp does do something like this (offset length). > > It would be nice to see more development on camp even though the theory > and proofs are incomplete (they probably will be in some way for the > foreseeble future). In fact, I may just import the camp stuff to my darcs > hub and start poking around. > > - Andreas > > > > On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 4:32 PM, Kẏra <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Can someone explain the difference between the patch theory behind darcs >> and that of camp? >> >> Also, I was previously under the impression that camp would be darcs >> v3<http://darcs.net/Darcs3Wishlist>with new diff methods for >> binary <http://bugs.darcs.net/issue1233> & word >> based<http://bugs.darcs.net/issue2315>diffing, partial >> repo checkouts <http://bugs.darcs.net/issue2329>, etc. but camp seems to >> be inactive so I'm wondering what the 'plan' is now. >> >> Thanks! >> Kẏra >> >> -- >> Board of Directors, Free Culture Foundation: www.freeculture.org >> >> Web: kxra.info - StatusNet Microblog: http://identi.ca/kxra >> Email: [email protected] - SMS: +1.617.340.3661 >> Jabber/XMPP: [email protected] - IRC: kxra @freenode @oftc @indymedia >> >> _______________________________________________ >> darcs-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.osuosl.org/mailman/listinfo/darcs-users >> >> > -- Board of Directors, Free Culture Foundation: www.freeculture.org Web: kxra.info - StatusNet Microblog: http://identi.ca/kxra Email: [email protected] - SMS: +1.617.340.3661 Jabber/XMPP: [email protected] - IRC: kxra @freenode @oftc @indymedia
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