Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 17:06:28 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@osd.bsdi.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org, mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org Subject: Re: context or unified diffs in PRs? Message-ID: <XFMail.010310170628.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20010310120318O.jkh@osd.bsdi.com>
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On 10-Mar-01 Jordan Hubbard wrote: > The handbook is wrong. Unidiffs are a far more advanced lifeform > than context diffs. :) > > - Jordan As phk explained, a unified diff is a context diff. :) If many changed lines are interleaved with unchanged lines, I find that a context diff is far easier to read to understand the change than unified diff. For smaller changes, a unified diff is usually more compact and points out the individual changes more readily. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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