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| author | René Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx> | 2007-06-25 02:23:34 +0400 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2007-06-25 12:51:21 +0400 |
| commit | 125b7630521918b75c136bd95309054d3f6d9da5 (patch) | |
| tree | 4469809e02d0025473f16bcc81e3b50f284219fb /Documentation/diff-format.txt | |
| parent | cfc0aef1ffb8a9fe2792667597a05bbf3b6b1258 (diff) | |
diff: round down similarity index
Rounding down the printed (dis)similarity index allows us to use
"100%" as a special value that indicates complete rewrites and
fully equal file contents, respectively.
Signed-off-by: Rene Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/diff-format.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/diff-format.txt | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/diff-format.txt b/Documentation/diff-format.txt index 18d49d2c3b..001503205b 100644 --- a/Documentation/diff-format.txt +++ b/Documentation/diff-format.txt @@ -126,6 +126,13 @@ the file that rename/copy produces, respectively. If there is need for such substitution then the whole pathname is put in double quotes. +The similarity index is the percentage of unchanged lines, and +the dissimilarity index is the percentage of changed lines. It +is a rounded down integer, followed by a percent sign. The +similarity index value of 100% is thus reserved for two equal +files, while 100% dissimilarity means that no line from the old +file made it into the new one. + combined diff format -------------------- |