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Dec 6, 2016 at 21:47
I'm particularly impressed with the quantitative fitting process used to tune git's diff algorithm in 2.11:
diff: improve positioning of add/delete blocks in diffs · git/git@433860f
diff: improve positioning of add/delete blocks in diffs · git/git@433860f
Some groups of added/deleted lines in diffs can be slid up or down, because lines at the edges of the group are not unique. Picking good shifts for such groups is not a matter of correctness but de...

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hungry-delete-mode is great, and I'm gradually fitting it into my flow. Many modes override the delete command though.