Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 01:24:23 +0000 From: "J. Mallett" <jmallett@FreeBSD.ORG> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide ar Message-ID: <20020515012423.GB10147@FreeBSD.ORG> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20020514211936.jhb@FreeBSD.org> References: <200205122318.g4CNIHW79336@freefall.freebsd.org> <XFMail.20020514211936.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 09:19:36PM -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > > On 12-May-2002 Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > keramida 2002/05/12 16:18:17 PDT > > > > Modified files: > > en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide article.sgml > > Log: > > Clarify the term 'context diff' at the cvs diff mini-guide part, > > to make it obvious that it refers to diff -c. > > A unidiff (diff -u) is actually a context diff, too. A context diff > is any diff that shows surrounding context in addition to the lines > actually changed. Saying 'context diff' is so bad... There's unified, new, and old context diffs. I think clarifying it to mean -u would be better, as it is easier to read them in one pass, and also easier to write a simple utility to apply them. That might not matter to everyone, but long story short, the algorithm to process them is a bit simpler, mental or otherwise. -- jmallett@FreeBSD.org | C, MIPS, POSIX, UNIX, BSD, IRC Geek. http://www.FreeBSD.org | The Power to Serve "I've never tried to give my life meaning by demeaning you." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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