On Tue, 17 Nov 2009, Julian Foad wrote: > Stefan Sperling wrote: > > 3) Hunks matching at or near their original offset in the target > > file are always preferred over hunks matching at the same > > location but with a greater offset relative to their original > > offset. > > Would I be right in guessing that "matching at the same location > but with a greater offset relative to their original offset" means > "matching further away"?
Point 3 is talking about how to choose between multiple hunks that could all match at the same location in the input file, not about how to choose between multiple locations in the input file that could all be matched by the same hunk. --apb (Alan Barrett)
