1 patch for repository http://darcs.net/screened:

Sat Jun 15 16:53:30 ART 2013  Jose Luis Neder <jlneder@gmail.com>
  * resolve issue2313: whatsnew -l: Stack space overflow 
  It seems to be all ok now.

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• patch-preview.txt
• resolve-issue2313_-whatsnew-_l_-stack-space-overflow-.dpatch
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Can you explain why this patch fixes the issue? Why is this the best way
to fix it? I'm asking because I'm lacking context.

Also, please provide a test so that we can check that the bug is solved.
I'm not sure how this test can fit in the test suite (I'm not sure about
checking things like stack overflows or bad performance in general
because it depends on the machine), but at least a sequence of commands
that permit us reproduce the bug and see that your patch solves it.

2 patches for repository http://darcs.net/screened:

Sat Jun 15 16:53:30 ART 2013  Jose Luis Neder <jlneder@gmail.com>
  * resolve issue2313: whatsnew -l: Stack space overflow 

Mon Jun 17 12:31:42 ART 2013  Jose Luis Neder <jlneder@gmail.com>
  * tests for issue2313: whatsnew -l: Stack space overflow
  I added the test to the test suite. The issue happens when there isn't
  a trailing newline in a new text file. Then when the bytestring go to the
  function "diff_to_empty" it discriminate between a file ending in newline and
  one that doesn't because it has to add an B.empty (aka. "") bytestring to
  compare if it not end in a new line to get the patch right. But then it send
  the lines to the function "canonizeHunk" that discriminates between an "empty
  to something" or "something to empty" patch and other kind of modification
  and tries to shrink the patch with the function "getChanges" then go
  "getChanges'" and then it looks for collisions and make a mess creating
  a lots of maps with mkAMap and if the file it's big enough or have enough
  number of lines it ends in a stack overflow. But in the function
  "canonizeHunk", it shouldn't discriminate a file that not end in a newline
  differently than a file that is. That's why if you change canonizeHunk to add
  this case it create a patch instantly without any more hassle.  The test only
  make a file with enough lines for my machine to get a stack overflow without
  the bugfix. I think it is enough for any machine but i'm only speculating. If
  it doesn't overflow on your machine only make a larger file changing the 18
  number to 19 or 20 in the file:
  "tests/issue2313-trailing-newlines-stack-overflow.sh".

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• patch-preview.txt
• resolve-issue2313_-whatsnew-_l_-stack-space-overflow-.dpatch
• unnamed

Thanks for the explanations, good to go.