* Poul-Henning Kamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010310 10:37] wrote:
> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Michael Lucas writes:
> >Hello,
> >
> >I'm afraid I might be walking up to a bikeshed with a can of paint
> >here, but the flood of email in the last twenty-four hours has
> >convinced me to ask.
> >
> >In an article O'Reilly published yesterday, I stated (per the
> >Handbook) that context diffs were the correct way to submit patches
> >with PRs. I've had several people claim that unified diffs are the
> >way to go, and that the handbook is just wrong.
>
> Unified diffs are also context diffs.
>
> Context diffs are named such because they contain undisturbed context
> around the changed lines, unlike normal diffs.
>
> Unified diffs are generally smaller than "plain" context diffs, and
> some people find them more readable and some don't.
It's usually a judgement call, depending on the change a context
diff can be less of a pain to read.
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-Alfred Perlstein - [[EMAIL PROTECTED]|[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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