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Why are they calling it diff debugging?
They mention git (and only gitas a tool), so why not call it bisect like git does?
That's explained at the end (Revisions). Fowler is probably looking for a general term that can be used to describe this specific way of debugging. Since he is aware of
git bisect(and I'm sure he knows abouthg bisect) there must be a reason he is not preferring "bisect debugging," for example.Edit: The term
diffhas a clear link with version control.bisectis not that obvious. It may be ambiguous/vague in debugging context. I would still call it "bisect debugging."