Re: Bug#377600: please support -R to reverse diff (fwd)

[martin f krafft]

also sprach Eric Blake <address@hidden> [2006.07.14.1642 +0200]:
> Ahh - I was thinking of interdiff (same patchutils package, but different
> program).
> 
> interdiff foo.diff /dev/null
> 
> will reverse an existing patch file.

Thanks for the pointer.

Nevertheless, the bug report was filed because I think that the -R
option would save the user typing. Compare:

  cp file{,.orig} && diff -R file*

with

  cp file{,.orig} && diff file{.orig,}

with

  cp file{,.orig} && diff file* | interdiff - /dev/null

To me, making life easier for the user by introducing a feature
that's not too far from the diff core application seems like the way
to go, especially with free software, especially because it can
hardly be considered bloat. I am not asking anyone to make diff play
music.

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