Thread (3 messages) 3 messages, 3 authors, 2016-06-15

Re: misleading diff-hunk header

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From: Junio C Hamano <hidden>
Date: 2016-06-15 22:54:34

Tim Chase [off-list ref] writes:
If the documented purpose of "diff -p" (and by proxy
diff.{type}.xfuncname) is to show the name of the *function*
containing the changed lines,....
Yeah, the documentation is misleading, but I do not offhand think of
a better phrasing. Perhaps you could send in a patch to improve it.

How does GNU manual explain the option?
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