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authorWilfred Hughes <me@wilfred.me.uk>2022-03-17 22:41:47 -0700
committerWilfred Hughes <me@wilfred.me.uk>2022-03-17 22:41:47 -0700
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## Non-goals
-Patch files. If you want to create a patch that you can later apply,
-use `diff`. Difftastic ignores whitespace, so its output is
-lossy. (AST patching is also a hard problem.)
+Patching. Difftastic output is intended for human consumption, and it
+does not generate patches that you can apply later. Use `diff` if you
+need a patch.
+
+Merging. AST merging is a hard problem that difftastic does not
+address.
## License