From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Mar 10 19:25:40 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from harmony.village.org (rover.bsdimp.com [204.144.255.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34E3837B718 for ; Sat, 10 Mar 2001 19:25:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (localhost.village.org [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f2B3PYI23728; Sat, 10 Mar 2001 20:25:35 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Message-Id: <200103110325.f2B3PYI23728@harmony.village.org> To: Michael Lucas Subject: Re: context or unified diffs in PRs? Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 10 Mar 2001 12:42:49 EST." <20010310124249.A87381@blackhelicopters.org> References: <20010310124249.A87381@blackhelicopters.org> Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 20:25:34 -0700 From: Warner Losh Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message