Timeline for How to make diff print a full file diff when a file does not exist?
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| Sep 4, 2012 at 13:23 | vote | accept | l0b0 | ||
| Sep 4, 2012 at 11:08 | comment | added | Mat | The version I have on hand (2.8.1) says "In directory comparison, if a file is found in only one directory, treat it as present but empty in the other directory.", so that's why I put the disclaimer. Good to know that's now documented for non-directory diffs now. | |
| Sep 4, 2012 at 11:05 | comment | added | cas |
the man page for GNU diff 3.2 says only: -N, --new-file treat absent files as empty
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| Sep 4, 2012 at 10:49 | history | answered | Mat | CC BY-SA 3.0 |