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| author | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2002-06-11 05:53:54 +0000 |
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| committer | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2002-06-11 05:53:54 +0000 |
| commit | d67b77f4306960b8233ef75ee32f95d92eb29801 (patch) | |
| tree | 883c2b31eb25231f05119c3b8d6b466c0a098169 | |
| parent | 1fe83a59f8a6c6c48cd842ead12dc70663067998 (diff) | |
| download | diffutils-d67b77f4306960b8233ef75ee32f95d92eb29801.tar.gz | |
Version 2.8.2.
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@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@ +User-visible changes in version 2.8.2: + +* New diff and sdiff option: + --tabsize=COLUMNS +* If --ignore-space-change or --ignore-all-space is also specified, + --ignore-blank-lines now considers lines to be empty if they contain + only white space. +* More platforms now handle multibyte characters correctly when + excluding files by name (diff -x and -X). + User-visible changes in version 2.8.1: * Documentation fixes. @@ -39,6 +49,7 @@ User-visible changes in version 2.8: --inhibit-hunk-merge (omit; it has no effect) * Recursive diffs now sort file names according to the LC_COLLATE locale category if possible, instead of using native byte comparison. +* Recursive diffs now detect and report directory loops. * Diff printf specs can now use the "0" and "'" flags. * The new sdiff interactive command `ed' precedes each version with a header. * On 64-bit hosts, files larger than 2 GB can be compared. |