GNU bug report logs - #20290
25.0.50; Use unified diff format by default, and recommend using it in reports and patches

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>

Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2015 20:07:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 25.0.50

Done: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: 20290 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#20290: 25.0.50; Use unified diff format by default, and recommend using it in reports and patches
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2015 03:33:23 -0400

What's the reason for changing the long-standing default?

    * Use `diff -c' to make your diffs.  Diffs without context are hard
     to install reliably.  More than that, they are hard to study; we
     must always study a patch to decide whether we want to install it.
     Unidiff format is better than contextless diffs, but not as easy
     to read as `-c' format.

Also, one day is not long enough to allow people time to respond,
for any Emacs issue.
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