Subject: [diff] recursive matching: compare symlink targets by default

From: Marcel Partap <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2019 17:30:33 +0200

Dear diff devs,
when recursively comparing directory trees that contain unresolvable symlinks, both matching symlinks make diff senselessly emit a "No such file or directory". Wouldn't it be better if diff'ing two perfectly symmetrical dir trees containing the same broken symlinks would produce no output and a 0 return value?

Best Regards,
Marcel