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Binary files and --label option

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Message #8 received at 24397 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Jean Delvare <jdelvare <at> suse.de>, 24397 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: [bug-diffutils] bug#24397: Binary files and --label option
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2016 08:54:33 -0700

On 09/09/2016 02:30 AM, Jean Delvare wrote:
> It seems we would need separate --label options for
> the text and binary cases, as you may want to include the timestamp (or
> any other extra information) for regular diff output, while you only
> want the file names in the binary case. Maybe we need a new option
> --file-name for the latter?

Yes, it does appear that the options need to be rethought. Also, there 
needs to be a better way to indicate symlinks and special files; that's 
a related issue.

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