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Re: "<filename> created independently by second party"


From: Larry Jones
Subject: Re: "<filename> created independently by second party"
Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 19:29:15 -0400 (EDT)

Derek Robert Price writes:
> 
> 1.  The files are likely to have a similar base given the similar name,
> as has been the case nearly every time I have encountered this problem
> myself, and we might be able to work out something with merging...  if
> the diff between the two files is under a certain proportional size,
> then the diff could probably usefully be inserted into the file between
> merge markers for the user.

So you're proposing doing a 2-way diff in that case?  As far as I know,
the existing diff code always does 3-way diffs, so that would probably
require quite a bit of infrastructure.

-Larry Jones

Oh yeah?  You just wait! -- Calvin




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