From b1ab4404b512eef39df5c5577c373f6ce75a160e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ghidra007
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2024 15:13:12 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] GP-4787 VT delete match help improvements
---
.../providers/VT_Matches_Table.html | 19 +++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/VersionTracking/src/main/help/help/topics/VersionTrackingPlugin/providers/VT_Matches_Table.html b/Ghidra/Features/VersionTracking/src/main/help/help/topics/VersionTrackingPlugin/providers/VT_Matches_Table.html
index ffdba30664..edc87488d8 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/VersionTracking/src/main/help/help/topics/VersionTrackingPlugin/providers/VT_Matches_Table.html
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/VersionTracking/src/main/help/help/topics/VersionTrackingPlugin/providers/VT_Matches_Table.html
@@ -329,12 +329,19 @@
you will be prompted to confirm your decision.
- Generally, we suggest users should not delete accepted matches. The more matches that
- are accepted, the better the Version Tracking results, since user choices affect
- future match scores. Keeping accepted matches and the applied markup provides
- future analysis with more corroborating details. Contrastingly, deleting accepted
- matches while keeping applied markup will remove supporting evidence that the user has
- already substantiated.
+ Generally, we suggest users should not delete accepted matches for the following reasons:
+
+ - Accepted matches are used by some of the other correlators to find more matches. If
+ completely deleted, those other correlators will not have as much information to work
+ from.
+ - The number of implied match votes and conflicts will be altered when accepted
+ matches are completely removed.
+ - If deleting an accepted match causes the number of votes to reach
+ zero for a particular implied match, the implied match will be deleted as well.
+ - Selecting an accepted match in the match table allows users to see what markup was
+ applied when the match was accepted. Deleting accepted matches while keeping applied
+ markup will remove this supporting evidence regarding how the markup was generated.
+
An alternative to deleting matches is to