Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 14:19:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Chern Lee <chern@FreeBSD.org> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org>, <cvs-all@FreeBSD.org>, <cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributing articl Message-ID: <20020729141730.E29717-100000@www.freebsdmall.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.20020729083938.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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On Mon, 29 Jul 2002, John Baldwin wrote: > > On 29-Jul-2002 Marc Fonvieille wrote: > > - <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>diff -c oldfile newfile</userinput></screen> > > + <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>diff -u -c oldfile newfile</userinput></screen> > > > > or > > > > - <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>diff -c -r olddir newdir</userinput></screen> > > + <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>diff -u -c -r olddir newdir</userinput></screen> > > > > -c -u ? It will result in output style conflicts. Oops, my mistake... subject of late-night PR closing. > > Hmm, it should only use one. Plus, I think that saying one is always > preferred over another isn't correct. If you've completely rewritten a > chunk of code, -c is often easier to read, but if you are changing stuff > within a few lones, -u is preferred. > I don't think I've ever seen a context diff used in the recent doc world, but since you're a man of the source I'll make this change. - chern To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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