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Date:      Mon, 29 Jul 2002 14:19:25 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Chern Lee <chern@FreeBSD.org>
To:        John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org>, <cvs-all@FreeBSD.org>, <cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributing articl
Message-ID:  <20020729141730.E29717-100000@www.freebsdmall.com>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20020729083938.jhb@FreeBSD.org>

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On Mon, 29 Jul 2002, John Baldwin wrote:

>
> On 29-Jul-2002 Marc Fonvieille wrote:
> > -     <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>diff -c oldfile newfile</userinput></screen>
> > +     <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>diff -u -c oldfile newfile</userinput></screen>
> >
> >       or
> >
> > -     <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>diff -c -r olddir newdir</userinput></screen>
> > +     <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>diff -u -c -r olddir newdir</userinput></screen>
> >
> > -c -u ? It will result in output style conflicts.

Oops, my mistake... subject of late-night PR closing.

>
> Hmm, it should only use one.  Plus, I think that saying one is always
> preferred over another isn't correct.  If you've completely rewritten a
> chunk of code, -c is often easier to read, but if you are changing stuff
> within a few lones, -u is preferred.
>

I don't think I've ever seen a context diff used in the recent doc world,
but since you're a man of the source I'll make this change.

- chern


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