Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: baz diff: progress dots Vs list of modified files.

[Aaron Bentley]

Matthieu Moy wrote:
> 
> 
> How about adding a "--just-diff" option to do that? (we currently have
> a --quiet option that kills *all* output - then only the exit status
> is relevant - which I find quiet useless. How about changing the
> meaning of --quiet to display the diff and only the diff?)

--quiet does sound useless.  What about making the change indicators
only appear if you specify --verbose?

> Another point I don't like with the new system is that it doesn't
> mention diff for binary files at all.

True.  A diff for a revision in which binaries changed doesn't represent
that revision accurately.  I think it would be pretty bad if someone got
a diff of my work, applied it, and found out later that the diff was
inaccurate.  So for bzr, we talked about introducing a syntax error when
using patch would lead to inaccuracies.

Aaron

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Aaron Bentley
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Panometrics, Inc.