From unknown Sun Jun 22 11:40:18 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#17185: diff --help doesn't mention short forms of some options Resent-From: Jay Foad Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-diffutils@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2014 15:46:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 17185 X-GNU-PR-Package: diffutils X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: 17185@debbugs.gnu.org X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-diffutils@gnu.org Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.139662635816752 (code B ref -1); Fri, 04 Apr 2014 15:46:01 +0000 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 4 Apr 2014 15:45:58 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35562 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WW6JZ-0004M7-Ev for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 04 Apr 2014 11:45:58 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:37883) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WW1wZ-0003JZ-Gd for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 04 Apr 2014 07:05:56 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WW1wU-0000Uz-4N for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 04 Apr 2014 07:05:55 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,FREEMAIL_FROM, T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:48406) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WW1wU-0000Uu-0G for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 04 Apr 2014 07:05:50 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39330) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WW1wN-0002VS-8o for bug-diffutils@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Apr 2014 07:05:49 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WW1w3-0000H7-7O for bug-diffutils@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Apr 2014 07:05:43 -0400 Received: from mail-wg0-x234.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c00::234]:60969) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WW1w3-0000GH-1d for bug-diffutils@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Apr 2014 07:05:23 -0400 Received: by mail-wg0-f52.google.com with SMTP id k14so3241066wgh.23 for ; Fri, 04 Apr 2014 04:05:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=C+HoojS6bBpJEcjDG3Dar68MSwpg2ZILHDC3Q3/okjU=; b=S2d5xEYAuOVSaI7OYu1+dBBxu2HkDQTRmezIt0DZFjAmKllmXfFpev7THWYREtyWAl I3/A1DiTVvkMJn/L+G3Zb7D1VzxheAvoTJw3bFMtkcdz6R7LXUp4NXoJEemqhesFrAnw lFM+urTf866JD+tPccTc2GkmxT8iMY3XF7zN9XbnBfJHIR7gh131KCfwFJjzgwsgCN91 UkROEVeAwWnDBZ3JLF0FM9fPqOTEDPJpxpY6b0ONKv/0WkAiI22ji2GRFvYk3eT8la7X GPkhuNNcawakoSShf7QwfgDIXtXlPqxlbLAcxcpdQlgcXnPhlTHC1HQksQ4t+aVeJGss VRmg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.78.4 with SMTP id x4mr18827003wjw.58.1396609521545; Fri, 04 Apr 2014 04:05:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.217.8.20 with HTTP; Fri, 4 Apr 2014 04:05:21 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 12:05:21 +0100 Message-ID: From: Jay Foad Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -4.0 (----) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 04 Apr 2014 11:45:55 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -4.0 (----) $ diff --help | egrep "label|unidirectional|speed" --label LABEL use LABEL instead of file name --unidirectional-new-file treat absent first files as empty --speed-large-files assume large files and many scattered small changes It would be nice if the help text told me that these options have short forms -L, -P and -H respectively. Thanks, Jay. From unknown Sun Jun 22 11:40:18 2025 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.505 (Entity 5.505) X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org From: help-debbugs@gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System) To: Jay Foad Subject: bug#17185: closed (Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#17185: diff --help doesn't mention short forms of some options) Message-ID: References: X-Gnu-PR-Message: they-closed 17185 X-Gnu-PR-Package: diffutils Reply-To: 17185@debbugs.gnu.org Date: Sun, 01 May 2016 03:04:02 +0000 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----------=_1462071842-25354-1" This is a multi-part message in MIME format... ------------=_1462071842-25354-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Your bug report #17185: diff --help doesn't mention short forms of some options which was filed against the diffutils package, has been closed. The explanation is attached below, along with your original report. If you require more details, please reply to 17185@debbugs.gnu.org. --=20 17185: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=3D17185 GNU Bug Tracking System Contact help-debbugs@gnu.org with problems ------------=_1462071842-25354-1 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: (at 17185-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 1 May 2016 03:03:40 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58963 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awhfX-0006aN-QZ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 23:03:39 -0400 Received: from mail-oi0-f66.google.com ([209.85.218.66]:35284) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1awhfW-0006aB-EN for 17185-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 23:03:38 -0400 Received: by mail-oi0-f66.google.com with SMTP id w198so19731976oiw.2 for <17185-done@debbugs.gnu.org>; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 20:03:38 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc; bh=CE+8+xKfw3I9OchrX0IrKRdKs9tLaY6YSQfIHfy5u+Q=; b=QmwSPflOWiKDkKzaQ3hqXQ/F3qRkaCAI490zvdBxaYvuRSTIj/Xmn7zwDs+oO7ljiW MrRHJI3VGe2q9PzftzWVUA/oToDrBAdUmAL9AF7PEmSZHX5oL6WAkPA6B1xFKnoT0y2p ymX51Pgb/2YmReVd/hG7p+TW7TSbNRfTI7i6bqOxLaDBEmUk6PUKBSDl9z5hmsWTqfwC UpR9xIym4g6BUHwlMdn5KBgGkIu5Sk98QY/P2z3aU1Xjcc18q9t5QjB61J4hdaJPBlLI dFqTNMjAyYJNVDvO1QpKQljSkk1OF8tMvHhI34kZc4i+27h9pAkakFwKPtoP7XzbazwA xuAQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=CE+8+xKfw3I9OchrX0IrKRdKs9tLaY6YSQfIHfy5u+Q=; b=ChJhJnAVx2Ci5+9bw6GVj9FisdzeN1mKpI1hhBEVZbUXIFzeU2s/vy0wvVJh2k078G yveSpSqSCglTjsvmCTKh/vBcS6kfToXYEDKnJU1rWmXwnMnKfuPllifyWwwMMUxqsSLZ tRArqPMzp9da/JIO2Msbwn9Adm4NXjkd7Xs/Jw6BblBIa6G3h3icdLxW4EnxLsMTud8U PeXsJoDhi0eF775iJCoRWdtfjKVRVNU/AqPJiyJnfobu8scjizTyeoqr9M3wZngGA6HZ mhlUm8JBh54Fejvzz5xWa38X2yxGh1idKOeqpGNN0bYmQRp5sQUVG4A1RrwM5IY9Dk4c o0Rg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOPr4FUncvA+maCHrk4z6yz1xWZEGiXtHPHH4MYQBkCFOVTs3ZR+kOzMuWcl5WcSfoJeulJp0Cm4cx4L93OD5g== X-Received: by 10.157.1.120 with SMTP id 111mr11651732otu.172.1462071812959; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 20:03:32 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.202.175.193 with HTTP; Sat, 30 Apr 2016 20:03:13 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Jim Meyering Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 20:03:13 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: mghUG92JwuVokPNLIYR3qSsahKM Message-ID: Subject: Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#17185: diff --help doesn't mention short forms of some options To: Jay Foad Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Spam-Score: -0.5 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 17185-done Cc: 17185-done@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.5 (/) tags 17185 notabug done On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 4:05 AM, Jay Foad wrote: > $ diff --help | egrep "label|unidirectional|speed" > --label LABEL use LABEL instead of file name > --unidirectional-new-file treat absent first files as empty > --speed-large-files assume large files and many scattered small changes > > It would be nice if the help text told me that these options have > short forms -L, -P and -H respectively. Thanks for noticing, but I have deliberately undocumented those short-named options because they are slated to be used differently in a future release: for link-traversal control, as is already done in many other tools, e.g., find, cp, du: $ cp --help|grep -e '-[LHP]' -H follow command-line symbolic links in SOURCE -L, --dereference always follow symbolic links in SOURCE -P, --no-dereference never follow symbolic links in SOURCE ------------=_1462071842-25354-1 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 4 Apr 2014 15:45:58 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35562 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WW6JZ-0004M7-Ev for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 04 Apr 2014 11:45:58 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:37883) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WW1wZ-0003JZ-Gd for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 04 Apr 2014 07:05:56 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WW1wU-0000Uz-4N for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 04 Apr 2014 07:05:55 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,FREEMAIL_FROM, T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:48406) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WW1wU-0000Uu-0G for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 04 Apr 2014 07:05:50 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39330) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WW1wN-0002VS-8o for bug-diffutils@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Apr 2014 07:05:49 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WW1w3-0000H7-7O for bug-diffutils@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Apr 2014 07:05:43 -0400 Received: from mail-wg0-x234.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c00::234]:60969) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WW1w3-0000GH-1d for bug-diffutils@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Apr 2014 07:05:23 -0400 Received: by mail-wg0-f52.google.com with SMTP id k14so3241066wgh.23 for ; Fri, 04 Apr 2014 04:05:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=C+HoojS6bBpJEcjDG3Dar68MSwpg2ZILHDC3Q3/okjU=; b=S2d5xEYAuOVSaI7OYu1+dBBxu2HkDQTRmezIt0DZFjAmKllmXfFpev7THWYREtyWAl I3/A1DiTVvkMJn/L+G3Zb7D1VzxheAvoTJw3bFMtkcdz6R7LXUp4NXoJEemqhesFrAnw lFM+urTf866JD+tPccTc2GkmxT8iMY3XF7zN9XbnBfJHIR7gh131KCfwFJjzgwsgCN91 UkROEVeAwWnDBZ3JLF0FM9fPqOTEDPJpxpY6b0ONKv/0WkAiI22ji2GRFvYk3eT8la7X GPkhuNNcawakoSShf7QwfgDIXtXlPqxlbLAcxcpdQlgcXnPhlTHC1HQksQ4t+aVeJGss VRmg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.78.4 with SMTP id x4mr18827003wjw.58.1396609521545; Fri, 04 Apr 2014 04:05:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.217.8.20 with HTTP; Fri, 4 Apr 2014 04:05:21 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2014 12:05:21 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: diff --help doesn't mention short forms of some options From: Jay Foad To: bug-diffutils@gnu.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -4.0 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 04 Apr 2014 11:45:55 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -4.0 (----) $ diff --help | egrep "label|unidirectional|speed" --label LABEL use LABEL instead of file name --unidirectional-new-file treat absent first files as empty --speed-large-files assume large files and many scattered small changes It would be nice if the help text told me that these options have short forms -L, -P and -H respectively. Thanks, Jay. ------------=_1462071842-25354-1--