You can see the exact command run here diff/lib/diff/hex/hex.ex at main · hexpm/diff · GitHub
A solution that doesn’t require shelling out to git is absolutely welcome!
jola
hauleth
hauleth
I have spotted that Elixir already provides functionality that I wanted to implement - List.myers_difference/2, however I would need to dig more if there is space for optimisations, I am still learning the Myer’s algorithm.
@jola you can see that one and see how much performance difference is there between calling external Git command vs using above function on in-memory data. If there is noticeable difference that cannot be solved by caching then I can try to implement NIF for Git’s xdiff library.
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csadewa
Just read it today, hex diff seems nice!
however i am confused on .DS_Store. while trying hex diff on Ecto 3.3.1 to 3.3.2 (ecto 3.3.1..3.3.2 | hexdiff), .DS_Store file (mac related?) is included on the change. But when i try to see github repo for 3.3.2 (ecto/lib/mix/tasks at v3.3.2 · elixir-ecto/ecto · GitHub) i could not find .DS_Store file.
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LostKobrakai
Github and hex are completely unrelated. Files are directly uploaded from the maintainers computer. They might just have a .gitignore setup for .DS_Store files.
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