hgext/__init__.py

bdiff: gradually enable the popularity hack

Patch from Jason Orendorff

The lower the threshold, the stronger the popularity hack's
influence. So at 3999 lines, the hack is disabled; and at 4000 lines,
the hack is enabled at maximum strength (t=4).

No source file in mercurial/crew is over 4000 lines. But there are, oh,
a few such files in Mozilla.  I can testify that this hack causes hg to
generate some correct but eyebrow-raising patches.

I think the hack should phase in gradually. The threshold should be high
for small files where we don't need it so much.  Like this:

        t = (bn < 31000) ? 1000000 / bn : bn / 1000;

That would leave the popularity hack disabled for small files, then
gradually phase it in:

    bn <   1000   --   t > bn    (popularity hack is completely disabled)
    bn ==  1000   --   t = 1000  (still effectively disabled)
    bn ==  2000   --   t =  500  (only hits unusual files)
    bn == 10000   --   t =  100  (only hits especially common lines)
    bn == 31000   --   t =   31  (hack is at maximum power)
    bn == 32000   --   t =   32  (hack could backfire, ease off)

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