On Sat, Jan 02, 2016 at 06:46:52PM +0000, Sandro Tosi wrote: > Adding Thomas, the upstream author of diffstat > > Hey Thomas, > what's your take on this report? > > On Sun, Aug 2, 2015 at 6:39 PM, Josh Triplett <j...@joshtriplett.org> wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 01, 2015 at 06:33:39PM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > >> If the diff contains files with very large diffs, diffstat's automatic > >> scaling can cause files with small diffs to display zero '-' or '+' > >> characters. This hides key information from the diffstat, namely > >> the direction of the diff. diffstat should always display at least one > >> '-' for a file with lines removed, and at least one '+' for a file with > >> lines added, regardless of scaling.
It would introduce more confusion than the existing situation, by adding noise to the (of course) rounded display. -- Thomas E. Dickey <dic...@invisible-island.net> http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net
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