[PATCH v2 1/4] man/man3*: document the glibc 2.42+ baud_t termios interface
H. Peter Anvin
hpa@zytor.com
Tue Jun 30 20:41:16 GMT 2026
On 2026-06-30 03:39, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
>
> Hmmm, even with --diff-algorithm=patience it shows the diff too badly.
> I've been trying, and --diff-algorithm=histogram shows a much nicer
> diff. I have the following in my gitconfig:
>
> [diff]
> algorithm = histogram
>
> I suggest adding that to your gitconfig file. It is implicitly also
> used when you generate patches. The histogram algorithm works quite
> nicely (I've been using for a few years already).
>
OK, I'll try that. I haven't played with the diff algorithms, perhaps because
I naïvely assumed that the default would be the "currently best" algorithm and
ending up using a stale algorithm choice when a new one is introduced is
unfortunate.
-hpa
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