"diff" convention
teklabs!ogcvax!root
teklabs!ogcvax!root
Mon Jun 14 09:53:39 AEST 1982
When producing a "diff", I suggest that the following convention be
used when specifying filenames:
diff [options] <original> <new version>
The diff thus produced can be interpreted as the changes necessary
to get from the initial state (<original>) to the final state
(<new version>). This seems the more natural, and by using this
convention consistently, one can avoid confusion as to "which direction
the diff goes".
Bruce Jerrick
...teklabs!ogcvax!bruce
Oregon Graduate Center
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