[darcs-users] hunk pattern recipe

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Maris, Rob writes:

 > Currently hunks are identified as blocks of text lines that are separated  
 > by at least one unmodified line. However, I'd want to create a sort of  
 > recipe on a per-repo basis that allows me to specify a sort of field  
 > separators that should be recognized by the hunk identification algorithm.
 > 
 > Example: I'd want to manage object library files (graphic objects,  
 > organized in libraries stored as ASCII text) through darcs. Darcs should  
 > only identify single hunks using specification in the user recipe. Goal:  
 > prevent the creation of too many hunks caused by alternating lines within  
 > an information entity that are modified, and lines in between that are not  
 > modified.

What do you mean be "too many hunks"?  Why is "many hunks" a problem?