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25.0.50; Use unified diff format by default, and recommend using it in reports and patches

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, 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 17:55:56 +0200

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

> Which signals that users prefer, or at least are more used to, unified
> diffs. I've recently wanted to show off the "refinement" diff-mode feature
> to a colleague, and that stumbled on Emacs producing a context diff by
> default,

The refinement works well with context diffs.

> And here I disagree: unified diffs are easier, because they clearly show
> you the changes. You don't need to compare the "before" and "after" in
> your head, to figure out what exactly changed.

That's where the refinement helps in the same way as with unified diffs.

Andreas.

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