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Date:      Sat, 10 Mar 2001 20:25:34 -0700
From:      Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org>
To:        Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: context or unified diffs in PRs? 
Message-ID:  <200103110325.f2B3PYI23728@harmony.village.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 10 Mar 2001 12:42:49 EST." <20010310124249.A87381@blackhelicopters.org> 
References:  <20010310124249.A87381@blackhelicopters.org>  

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In message <20010310124249.A87381@blackhelicopters.org> Michael Lucas writes:
: Is the Handbook correct, or are unified diffs preferred?  I'll be
: happy to fix my article and submit a PR to correct the Handbook if
: this is the case.

diff -c or diff -u is 1000% better than palin diff.  That's what is
ment by "context" in this context :-).  I personally find diff -u
easier to read, but there are others that find -c easier.

Warner

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