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| author | Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com> | 2011-08-13 13:16:32 -0700 |
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| committer | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2011-08-13 13:17:40 -0700 |
| commit | 70febebfe5215674079dc1c65ad966f5e404d2a8 (patch) | |
| tree | 12abac9fb168a50cdaa819f131a6504bda4fdba3 /doc | |
| parent | e3001b775aa8a3e7e30651b0f59d401ac4fe419d (diff) | |
| download | diffutils-70febebfe5215674079dc1c65ad966f5e404d2a8.tar.gz | |
diff: --ignore-file-name-case now applies at top level too
Derived from Tim Waugh's patch in:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-diffutils/2011-08/msg00034.html
* NEWS, doc/diffutils.texi (diff Options): Document this.
* src/diff.c (compare_files): Implement this, by using
find_dir_file_pathname.
* src/diff.h (find_dir_file_pathname): New decl.
* src/dir.c: Include filenamecat.h.
(find_dir_file_pathname): New function.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/diffutils.texi | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/diffutils.texi b/doc/diffutils.texi index ee419a1..f29e9a1 100644 --- a/doc/diffutils.texi +++ b/doc/diffutils.texi @@ -3802,7 +3802,10 @@ Ignore changes that just insert or delete lines that match @var{regexp}. @xref{Specified Lines}. @item --ignore-file-name-case -Ignore case when comparing file names during recursive comparison. +Ignore case when comparing file names. For example, recursive +comparison of @file{d} to @file{e} might compare the contents of +@file{d/Init} and @file{e/inIt}. At the top level, @samp{diff d inIt} +might compare the contents of @file{d/Init} and @file{inIt}. @xref{Comparing Directories}. @item -l |