[development] parameters for diff
Gerhard Killesreiter
gerhard at killesreiter.de
Sun Oct 15 22:19:20 UTC 2006
Peter Wolanin wrote:
> As far as I can tell, the commands:
>
> "diff -u -F^f" and "diff -u -p"
>
> produce the same output. However, the former seems to be preferred in
> the handbook documentation. Is there some reason to prefer it?
No, there is only a historical reason: When I read the diff docs -F^f
made more sense to me. -p refers to C which isn't PHP. :p
Cheers,
Gerhard
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