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| author | Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@suse.de> | 2009-04-05 23:46:02 +0200 |
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| committer | Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen@suse.de> | 2009-04-05 23:46:02 +0200 |
| commit | fea737a1b5acd3638d9e49c6e5dcbc64c7d399ca (patch) | |
| tree | 18e28f4b06d16713559a2b24790a0ee890fb459e /patch.man | |
| parent | a03f22893c29a2a5423160a9fa2c8ec914408b82 (diff) | |
| download | patch-fea737a1b5acd3638d9e49c6e5dcbc64c7d399ca.tar.gz | |
Document that merging can be slow
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@@ -1167,6 +1167,10 @@ If you apply a patch you've already applied, .B patch thinks it is a reversed patch, and offers to un-apply the patch. This could be construed as a feature. +.PP +Computing how to merge a hunk is significantly harder than using the standard +fuzzy algorithm. Bigger hunks, more context, a bigger offset from the +original location, and a worse match all slow the algorithm down. .SH COPYING Copyright .ie t \(co |