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* bootstrapped repositoryRichard Maw2012-01-093-0/+1470
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* New option --no-dereference.Bruno Haible2012-01-081-0/+10
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * src/diff.h (no_dereference_symlinks): New variable. * src/diff.c: Include xreadlink.h. (longopts): Add --no-dereference option. (main): Accept --no-dereference option. (option_help_msgid): Mention the --no-dereference option. (compare_files): If no_dereference_symlinks is true, use lstat() instead of stat(). Compare symbolic links by comparing their values. * bootstrap.conf (gnulib_modules): Add lstat, stat, xreadlink. * doc/diffutils.texi (Comparing Directories, diff Options): Mention the --no-dereference option. * tests/no-dereference: New file. * tests/Makefile.am (TESTS): Add it.
* maint: update all copyright year number rangesJim Meyering2012-01-012-2/+2
| | | | Run "make update-copyright".
* diff, sdiff: new option --ignore-trailing-space (-Z)Roland McGrath2011-08-141-6/+17
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Derived from Roland McGrath's patch (dated June 2004!) in: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-utils/2004-07/msg00000.html * NEWS: * doc/diffutils.texi (White Space, Blank Lines) (sdiff Option Summary, diff Options, sdiff Options): Document -Z. * src/diff.h (IGNORE_TRAILING_SPACE) (IGNORE_TAB_EXPANSION_AND_TRAILING_SPACE): New constants, for -Z. * src/diff.c (shortopts, longopts, main, option_help_msgid): * src/sdiff.c (longopts, option_help_msgid, main): * src/io.c (find_and_hash_each_line): * src/util.c (lines_differ, analyze_hunk): Support -Z.
* diff: --ignore-file-name-case now applies at top level tooTim Waugh2011-08-131-1/+4
| | | | | | | | | | | 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.
* doc: relax restriction on front-cover and back-cover textsJim Meyering2011-08-041-8/+3
| | | | | | | * doc/diffutils.texi (copying): Relax restriction on front-cover and back-cover texts (just as m4 did here: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/m4.git/commit?id=ee1e92ec). Reported by Santiago Vila. Fix suggested by Eric Blake.
* doc: rename diff.texi to diffutils.texiJim Meyering2011-06-122-9/+9
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This makes the .texi basename the same as the package name, which is consistent with most other GNU packages. * doc/diffutils.texi: Rename from... * doc/diff.texi: ...removed. * doc/Makefile.am (info_TEXINFOS): Reflect name change. (diffutils_TEXINFOS): Likewise. * cfg.mk (gendocs_options_): Remove this customization. It is no longer needed, now that the .texi name matches that of the package. * man/Makefile.am ($(dist_man1_MANS)): Remove now-unnecessary sed filter. * README: Update references to diffutils.texi etc. here, too. * .gitignore: Update here, too. Suggested by Karl Berry.
* docs: info should mention -LEric Blake2011-03-181-1/+2
| | | | * doc/diff.texi (diff Options): Document -L.
* doc: speak of the --test (-a) option, not "the -a or --test option"Jim Meyering2011-02-151-83/+87
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Convert using this command: perl -pi -e \ 's/(\@option{-.}) or (\@option{--.*?}) option/$2 ($1) option/' \ doc/diff.texi Then convert some more with this: perl -pi -e \ 's/the (\@option{-.}) or (\@option{--.*?})$/the $2 ($1)/' \ doc/diff.texi Then convert more manually. Suggested by Dan Jacobson
* maint: update copyright year ranges to include 2011Jim Meyering2011-01-032-2/+2
| | | | Run "make update-copyright", so "make syntax-check" works in 2011.
* maint: udpate GFDL license to 1.3Jim Meyering2010-01-091-1/+1
| | | | * doc/diff.texi: Update to use GFDL version 1.3.
* maint: update all FSF copyright year lists to include 2010Jim Meyering2010-01-012-2/+2
| | | | | | Use this command: git ls-files |grep -vE '^(\..*|COPYING|gnulib)$' |xargs \ env UPDATE_COPYRIGHT_USE_INTERVALS=1 build-aux/update-copyright
* admin: update all copyright notices to include the year 2009Jim Meyering2009-11-112-3/+3
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* maint/sc: enable the space-TAB checkJim Meyering2009-11-111-28/+19
| | | | | | * doc/diagmeet.note: Use no TABs. * ms/config.sed: Use TAB-space, not space-TAB in []. * cfg.mk (local-checks-to-skip): Remove sc_space_tab.
* maint/sc: enable check for CVS keyword expansionJim Meyering2009-11-111-1/+0
| | | | | * doc/diff.texi: Remove $Id$. * cfg.mk (local-checks-to-skip): Remove sc_prohibit_cvs_keyword.
* * doc/diff.texi: Update Back-Cover text to reflect new GNU wording.Paul Eggert2009-11-111-3/+3
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* * NEWS: New diff option --suppress-blank-empty (no longer -u default).Paul Eggert2009-11-111-4/+32
| | | | | | | | | | | | * doc/diff.texi (Detailed Unified): Trailing spaces are no longer omitted. (Trailing Blanks): New section. (diff Options) Mention new option. * src/diff.h (suppress_blank_entry): New decl. * src/context.c (pr_unidiff_hunk): Support --suppress-blank-empty. * src/util.c (print_1_line): Likewise. * src/diff.c (longopts, main, option_help_msgid): Likewise. (SUPPRESS_BLANK_EMPTY_OPTION): New constant.
* * doc/diff.texi (Copying This Manual): Adjust to new fdl.texi layout.Paul Eggert2009-11-111-5/+0
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* * doc/diff.texi (White Space): Note that newline always ends a line,Paul Eggert2009-11-111-1/+7
| | | | | so -w doesn't ignore newline-related changes. Problem reported by David Kastrup.
* * COPYING: New file.Paul Eggert2007-07-191-11/+10
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | * AUTHORS: Update from GPLv2 to GPLv3. * Makefile.am: Likewise. * NEWS: Likewise. * README: Likewise. * README-hacking: Likewise. * bootstrap: Likewise. * bootstrap.conf: Likewise. * configure.ac: Likewise. * exgettext: Likewise. * doc/Makefile.am: Likewise. * lib/Makefile.am: Likewise. * lib/cmpbuf.c: Likewise. * lib/cmpbuf.h: Likewise. * lib/prepargs.c: Likewise. * m4/vararrays.m4: Likewise. * man/Makefile.am: Likewise. * ms/Makefile.am: Likewise. * ms/README: Likewise. * ms/config.bat: Likewise. * ms/config.sed: Likewise. * ms/config.site: Likewise. * po/POTFILES.in: Likewise. * src/Makefile.am: Likewise. * src/analyze.c: Likewise. * src/cmp.c: Likewise. * src/context.c: Likewise. * src/diff.c: Likewise. * src/diff.h: Likewise. * src/diff3.c: Likewise. * src/dir.c: Likewise. * src/ed.c: Likewise. * src/io.c: Likewise. * src/normal.c: Likewise. * src/sdiff.c: Likewise. * src/system.h: Likewise. * src/util.c: Likewise.
* * NEWS: Mention new sdiff aliases 1 and 2 for l and r.Paul Eggert2007-06-061-0/+4
| | | | | | * doc/diff.texi (Merge Commands): Likewise. * src/sdiff.c (give_help): Give help for them. (edit): Support them.
* * doc/diff.texi (Detailed diff3 Normal): "range is a singleton" ->Paul Eggert2007-04-121-1/+1
| | | | "there is only one line", for clarity. Suggested by Jerry Peek.
* * doc/diff.texi (Detailed Unified): Don't output trailing whitePaul Eggert2006-09-051-1/+2
| | | | | space unless the input data has it. * src/context.c (pr_unidiff_hunk): Likewise.
* (cmp Options): -l also outputs the EOF message.Paul Eggert2006-07-261-0/+1
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* Switch from GFDL 1.1 to 1.2.Paul Eggert2006-05-071-1/+1
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* Update FSF address.Paul Eggert2006-01-051-1/+1
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* * src/cmp.c: Don't include <setmode.h>.Paul Eggert2006-01-051-12/+11
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (specify_ignore_initial): Reword to avoid gcc -W warnings. (main): Use freopen instead of setmode, since freopen is in POSIX. * src/context.c: Revert most 2004-09-01 changes. Then: (TIMESPEC_NS): Remove. All uses replaced by get_stat_mtime_ns. Include stat-time.h, strftime.h. (nstrtime): Remove decl. * src/diff.c: Revert most 2004-09-01 changes. Then: Don't include <posixver.h>, <quotesys.h>, <setmode.h>. Include <sh-quote.h>, <stat-time.h>, <timespec.h>. All uses of quotesys replaced by sh-quote. (main, compare_files): Use freopen instead of setmode, since freopen is in POSIX. (main): Don't complain about "diff -NUM'. (main, set_mtime_to_now): Adjust to stat-time.h macros when accessing nanoseconds. * src/diff3.c: Include sh-quote.h rather than quotesys. All uses changed. * src/dir.c (dir_read): excluded_filename renamed to excluded_file_name. * src/io.c: Don't include <setmode.h>. (sip, read_files): Remove binary file stuff, leaving a FIXME behind. A DOS expert needs to look at this. * src/diff.c: Include sh-quote.h rather than quotesys.h. All uses changed. * src/system.h: Include verify.h. (verify): Remove. All uses changed to verify.h version. Include <intprops.h>. (TYPE_SIGNED, TYPE_MINIMUM, TYPE_MAXIMUM): Remove. Now uses intprops.h versions. (O_BINARY): New defns, taken from coreutils. * src/util.c: Include sh-quote.h rather than quotesys.h. All uses changed.
* (dircategory): Change to "Text creation andPaul Eggert2004-04-121-298/+340
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | manipulation" from "GNU packages". (Translations): New node. (Overview): Improve quality of algorithm citations. (Binary): -q doesn't exactly cause diff to assume files are binary. (Normal): Place after Side by Side, since it's less important. (Detailed Context, Detailed Unified, Detailed ed, Detailed if-then-else, diff3 Hunks, Detailed diff3 Normal): Place at end of menu. (Detailed Unified): Mention that fractional timestamps are omitted on hosts that don't support them. Mention what happens when hunks contain just one line. (Line Group Formats, Reject Names): Fix duplicate-word typos. (Comparing Directories): Trailing white space and empty lines are ignored in the -X file. (diff Options): Add --strip-trailing-cr. (Projects): gnu -> gvc@gnu.org.
* (Special Files): Document behavior of symlink loops.Paul Eggert2002-06-171-7/+10
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* Reword "@option{-f} and @option{--foo}" to "@option{-f} or @option{--foo}".Paul Eggert2002-06-111-257/+305
| | | | | | | | | | Use @acronym instead of @sc where appropriate. (Specified Lines): Renamed from Specified Folding. (Comparison, Blank Lines): Clarify wordings for Blank Lines and Specified Lines nodes. (Binary): Mention --verbose and --print-bytes. (Tabs, sdiff Option Summary, diff Options): New option --tabsize=COLUMNS.
* Use new @copying directive. Work around incompatibility with DebianPaul Eggert2002-04-051-60/+73
| | | | | | | | | install-info. Put @contents first, not last, since Texinfo now suggests this. Fix bug in -w documentation noted by Karl Berry. Mention links for speedup. New node "Speedups" for future speedups. Just say "Index", not "Concept Index".
* Upgrade the description of `patch' to GNU patch 2.5.4, and revampv2.8Paul Eggert2002-03-241-437/+953
| | | | the documentation accordingly.
* Bring back --horizon-lines.Paul Eggert2002-03-121-1/+9
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* (Overview): byte != character.Paul Eggert2002-03-121-291/+105
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (Detailed Context, Detailed Unified, Alternate Names, diff Options): Do not document diff -L. (Comparing Directories): Do not document diff -P. (Making Patches, diff Options): Likewise. (diff Performance, sdiff Option Summary, diff Options, sdiff Options): Do not document diff -H. (diff Performance, diff Options): Do not document --horizon-lines. (cmp Options): Prefer -b to -c. (cmp Options, diff Options, diff3 Options, sdiff Options): Put short options next to the similar long options. Document --help, and use the same wording for --verbose on all commands. (diff3 Options): Fix typo in description of -E, which used wrongly used "-e" instead of "-E". (patch Options): Put short options next to the similar long options.
* (AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS): Remove.Paul Eggert2002-03-111-2/+1
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* Add vr index.Paul Eggert2002-02-281-32/+94
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Update copyright to 2002. (Standards conformance): New chapter. (Binary): Differing binary files are trouble unless the user asked for brief output. (Detailed Context): Prefer new time stamp format in discussion. (Less Context): Likewise. (Also use short option). (Detailed Unified): Likewise. (Alternate Names): Separate option from arg. (Pagination): Prefer new time stamp format in discussion. (Making Patches): Mention -U 2. (diff Options): Deprecate -LINES, as POSIX 1003.1-2001 does not allow it.
* (diff Options): Remove DIFF_OPTIONS.Paul Eggert2001-12-241-18/+8
| | | | | (Invoking diff3, Invoking sdiff): Remove DIFF_PROGRAM. (diff3 Options, sdiff Options): Add --diff-program.
* (cmp Options): In byte counts, a plain suffix (without any integer)Paul Eggert2001-12-241-16/+43
| | | | | | | | is assumed to modify the integer 1. Index terms like "kibibyte". Document plain "k". (Reporting Bugs): Mention bug-report archive and test version location. Ask for "diff --version" in bug reports.
* Add --no-ignore-file-name-case.Paul Eggert2001-12-111-7/+16
| | | | | File name case sensitivity now affects file name exclusion. Fix typos.
* (direntry, Overview, Comparison, Binary, Invoking cmp): Use "byte"Paul Eggert2001-12-031-17/+92
| | | | | | | | | | rather than "character" when talking about cmp, since it compares bytes, not character. (Invoking cmp): New trailing operands FROM-SKIP and TO-SKIP. -i or --ignore-initial now accepts FROM-SKIP:TO-SKIP. New option -n or --bytes. Count operands now may be in octal or hex, and may be followed by a size multiplier.
* offsets -> indices for cmpPaul Eggert2001-11-251-7/+8
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* Change direcategory from Utilities to GNU Packages.Paul Eggert2001-11-251-959/+1034
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Add individual utilities. Switch to Free Documentation License. @code -> @command @samp -> @option GNU -> @sc{gnu} GNU patch version is 2.5.4. Expand tabs to spaces, except when in an example that actually uses tabs. Prefer @node with just one arg. Document -E or --ignore-tab-expansion, --strip-trailing-cr, --ignore-file-name-case. Regular expressions are now grep style, not Emacs style. cmp's -c or --print-chars option is now -b or --print-bytes. Time stamps now depend on LC_TIME. -p now implies ^[[:alpha:]$_]. Flags now include ' and 0. cmp -i is an alias for --ignore-initial Document --from-file, --to-file. Document DIFF_OPTIONS.
* Initial revisionPaul Eggert2001-11-231-0/+25
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* Add dircategory.Paul Eggert1998-09-151-0/+5
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* Document recent changes.Paul Eggert1998-09-141-10/+4
| | | | | | The patch doc still corresponds to patch 2.2, unfortunately. Update GNU bug reporting address. Omit Larry Wall's address; it's obsolete and he's busy with perl.
* Document recent changes.Paul Eggert1998-09-131-84/+131
| | | | patch is still only patch 2.2, unfortuantely.
* Use version.texi.Paul Eggert1994-11-141-5/+9
| | | | -D FOO now outputs `/* ! FOO */ instead of `/* not FOO */'.
* Update version number, remove `only' typo.Paul Eggert1994-10-311-3/+3
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* entered into RCSPaul Eggert1994-09-121-3/+3
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* *** empty log message ***Paul Eggert1994-09-081-1/+1
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