Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 09:48:25 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, Matthew Jacob <mjacob@feral.com> Cc: obrien@freebsd.org, arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Changing diff's default output format Message-ID: <19991229094825.P1316@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199912282139.OAA64375@harmony.village.org> References: <199912282151.OAA64511@harmony.village.org> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912281356070.1577-100000@beppo.feral.com> <19991228133654.A6358@dragon.nuxi.com> <199912282139.OAA64375@harmony.village.org>
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On Tuesday, 28 December 1999 at 14:39:02 -0700, Warner Losh wrote: > In message <19991228133654.A6358@dragon.nuxi.com> "David O'Brien" writes: >> I'm tired of getting useless diffs from clueless people in traditional >> format. I'd like to change the default format to -u (or even -c if that >> is more popular). Opinions? > > I'd love to see the default format changed to -u (since most people > have learned to read it, but there are a few vocal exceptions). I > worry that it will break scripts, cvs, etc. What is the impact of > doing this? On Tuesday, 28 December 1999 at 13:56:21 -0800, Matt Jacob wrote: > >> In message <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912281342001.1577-100000@beppo.feral.com> Matthew Jacob writes: >>> -u over -c will break the movement of diffs from *BSD to Solaris which I >>> use every nigh >>> t. >> >> Don't you explicitly use -c now? Right now there is no context diff > > Sorry, I'm a bonehead, that's true enough. So we have no objection to the change? I suppose the real question is: does *anyone* use the default format? I'm definitely in favour of changing the default, and I'd prefer -u to -c. Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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