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[PATCH] cmp -x/--verbose-hex

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Dave Brand <dbrand10gnu <at> pegas.us>, 37844 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: dmo2118 <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#37844: [bug-diffutils] bug#37844: bug#37844: [PATCH] cmp -x/--verbose-hex
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2025 14:08:44 -0700

On 2025-07-07 11:56, Dave Brand wrote:
>> This adds a `-x`/`--verbose-hex` option to `cmp`, similar to what 
>> FreeBSD has in
>> its own `cmp`. From `doc/diffutils.texi`:
>>
>> '-x'
>> '--verbose-hex'
>>       Like '--verbose', but with hexadecimal numbers, and byte numbers
>>       starting at 0.
>>
>> A few assorted points: ...
> I was looking for the `-x` option today and saw it was still 
> unimplemented 5 years after this patch. What is the proper channel to 
> submit pull requests to this project?
> 

I'd use "git format-patch" and "git send-email" to this address. If it's 
a nontrivial change we'll need to ask you for copyright papers.

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