Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 21:54:25 +0200 From: Gerhard Sittig <Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net> To: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Small handbook error Message-ID: <20000719215425.O24476@speedy.gsinet> In-Reply-To: <3975C623.1EFBFAE8@math.missouri.edu>; from stephen@math.missouri.edu on Wed, Jul 19, 2000 at 10:15:47AM -0500 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007190228330.18954-100000@wysoft.tzo.com> <3975C623.1EFBFAE8@math.missouri.edu>
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On Wed, Jul 19, 2000 at 10:15 -0500, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:
>
> The hardest thing about making diffs is to remember which order
> to put the files. Do you say:
>
> diff -c new-file old-file
>
> or
>
> diff -c old-file new-file ?
Try to read it like this: "show me what to do to get _from_
file1 _to_ file2" which will make you write down "diff -c old
new". Unless you want to learn how to downgrade. :)
So it's not just about "what's different" but more about
documenting a development heading for a direction. And I feel
the invocation is quite intuitive once you get the above
"interpretation".
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