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diff --git a/doc/main.tex b/doc/main.tex index 701801f..c2df857 100644 --- a/doc/main.tex +++ b/doc/main.tex @@ -544,13 +544,12 @@ complicated. In the long run, a mess accumulates. To help avoid this by keeping the big picture, the \quilt{graph} command generates \textit{dot} graphs showing the dependencies between patches.\footnote{ - Currently, \quilt{graph} only considers which files the - patches modify. Multiple patches may modify different areas - in the same file(s) without conflicting, in which case - \quilt{graph} would report false dependencies. It is - difficult to determine reliably whether or not two patches - have conflicts without actually applying the patches in - different orders. + The \quilt{graph} command computes dependencies based on + which patches modify which files, and optionally will also + check for overlapping changes in the files. While the former + approach will often result in false positives, the latter + approach may result in false negatives (that is, \quilt{graph} + may overlook dependencies). } The ouput of this command can be visualized using the tools from AT\&T Research's Graph Visualization Project (GraphViz, \url{http://www.graphviz.org/}). The \quilt{graph} command supports |