Diff of Text

[Ben Finney]

GZ <zyzhu2000 at gmail.com> writes:

> Let me think of a better way to express what I mean by a "smaller
> diff." After I diff the two strings, I will have something like this:
>
>   AAA
> - BBB
> + CCC
> + DDD
> - EEE
>
> It means the first line does not change, the second line is replaced
> by the third line, the forth line is new, and the fifth line is
> deleted.

Are you drawing a distinction between:

  * “line FOO is replaced by line BAR”
  * “line FOO is deleted, line BAR is added”

Your wording seems to make that distinction, but I don't see how it's
useful or meaningful in a discussion about diff. Are they not exactly
the same?

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Ben Finney