diff: resurrect XDF_NEED_MINIMAL with --minimal

Earlier, 582aa00 (git diff too slow for a file, 2010-05-02)
unconditionally dropped XDF_NEED_MINIMAL option from the internal xdiff
invocation to help performance on pathological cases, while hinting that a
follow-up patch could reintroduce it with "--minimal" option from the
command line.

Make it so.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Junio C Hamano
2011-10-01 21:56:28 -07:00
parent c5aa90682f
commit 81b568c839
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@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ ifndef::git-format-patch[]
Synonym for `-p --raw`.
endif::git-format-patch[]
--minimal::
Spend extra time to make sure the smallest possible
diff is produced.
--patience::
Generate a diff using the "patience diff" algorithm.