Hi, On Thu, 30 Aug 2018, Stefan Beller wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at 12:20 PM Jeff King <p...@peff.net> wrote: > > > > [...] Myers does not promise to find the absolute minimal diff. [...] > > The `Myers` (our default) diff algorithm is really the Myers algorithm + > a heuristic that cuts off the long tail when it is very costly to compute > the minimal diff. IIRC Myers promises minimal diffs only for -U0. As soon as you add context, Myers might in fact end up with a suboptimal diff, even without that heuristic. Ciao, Dscho
