From unknown Sat Jun 14 03:48:21 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#43923 <43923@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#43923 <43923@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: "only in" message in recursive diff is ambiguous and hence useless if the directories have the same name Reply-To: bug#43923 <43923@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2025 10:48:21 +0000 retitle 43923 "only in" message in recursive diff is ambiguous and hence us= eless if the directories have the same name reassign 43923 diffutils submitter 43923 php fan severity 43923 normal thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sun Oct 11 10:02:10 2020 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 Oct 2020 14:02:10 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40711 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kRbvN-00076p-OL for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 11 Oct 2020 10:02:09 -0400 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]:45060) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kRbmg-0006YZ-AU for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 11 Oct 2020 09:53:10 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:45356) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kRbmd-0000bD-01 for bug-diffutils@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Oct 2020 09:53:10 -0400 Received: from mail-yb1-xb2c.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::b2c]:33089) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kRbmb-0002EL-5W for bug-diffutils@gnu.org; Sun, 11 Oct 2020 09:53:06 -0400 Received: by mail-yb1-xb2c.google.com with SMTP id c3so11297493ybl.0 for ; Sun, 11 Oct 2020 06:53:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=KYB3694aIAvUheui8UsVT++svFKo0QYbwKzY9YFvuH4=; b=iWcoA6arn3Kj9j0SPA8mY8qgtcR7tbQipj8Gk4C729A8GzXPrRL3geTwONqoDOkIWa hCqo4blvU92bukvSYnVoC31XOolt3AEN0K4RIScQ3iJW+W4bo6ArJZOyJNzpxdIfZIVt n1pA0oe8E8eEMhn7aL2qQYvEZFc8Mf+yJx50GMx4D1OBV0At2DN2XIx1K76EGnTv/+Jo 03DG/OijsEI1KGy9Ly7uB8x39HI9qYBl37T7+5ezExwKOpWeCMZr0k4iQVfZu1fo9sz5 2fulmAqR5eLGuKd2PijduNJQEV9u+2hr5FO+LA1icoU6NG+P9eLKKdfB0wnce6E8fdYj sC3A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=KYB3694aIAvUheui8UsVT++svFKo0QYbwKzY9YFvuH4=; b=JsUCcBqGegIvg1Q3cw0fnAPYL91jQUHBBVSReXSdxi4OvgWitO6jS6FenkGpA+JeVz nPF6UFp1Cn5NvcmoqS0CMTZLtSrdAQZwkHMuZ7ly2tGLfwtTld3jHMPLJCOS4Yu6skpJ 3Tb0Arhxqywx/v4wCbP7WG2lwT8n1oovAx0DjrzhrMbFOAlIWcMti4FZN0sWutCXDgTb 56h1lEDOMhIk8LbHYnQDF1oZ9o4gbN4CJoKnVLHkZrzlQlYOw//x2ZYLWIZp9ZoNVILk xTjiuzvlt6t+1+dharFpQHUGyYHeGuioi6MDft6S/5WKC7MQvYmscd+zN2K9WYj+4BS+ bCuQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530kr/mwqEB+ZDmtHylbMBjqxkGigoQU/p6LgFSw9l4jBSE9Qwm1 Kaz1zCrCagal0bO3GhIRxP+tzGkah+Pq/i5Svqs7p+IWVLjBtg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwvQy9yQfckPzs4BfNgDO8nq/DYTwX4i4N8WkanQZ2MPTTJ6aMK+phT0kLb6RFOuMHQtdq4iyoXVQ7mIMY7TRo= X-Received: by 2002:a25:5090:: with SMTP id e138mr25649693ybb.430.1602424383570; Sun, 11 Oct 2020 06:53:03 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: php fan Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2020 15:52:52 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: "only in" message in recursive diff is ambiguous and hence useless if the directories have the same name To: bug-diffutils@gnu.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2607:f8b0:4864:20::b2c; envelope-from=php4fan@gmail.com; helo=mail-yb1-xb2c.google.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: No matching host in p0f cache. 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X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Spam-Score: 0.3 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Sun, 11 Oct 2020 10:02:08 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) Steps to reproduce: - have two folders with the same name under different paths such as /path/to/xxx and /path/to/other/xxx - Have some files that exist only in one folder, and some that exist only in the other - Run: $ diff -r /path/to/xxx /path/to/other/xxx You'll get messages like: Only in xxx: somefile.txt Only in xxx: otherfile.php You see the problem, right? How stupid is that. $diff --version diff (GNU diffutils) 3.7 From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sun Oct 11 16:26:09 2020 Received: (at 43923) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 Oct 2020 20:26:09 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41121 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kRhuz-0001ma-3w for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 11 Oct 2020 16:26:09 -0400 Received: from zimbra.cs.ucla.edu ([131.179.128.68]:38608) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kRhuw-0001m4-Sq for 43923@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 11 Oct 2020 16:26:07 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zimbra.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5067E16009A; Sun, 11 Oct 2020 13:26:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zimbra.cs.ucla.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zimbra.cs.ucla.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10032) with ESMTP id Dr_KKgj7RChA; Sun, 11 Oct 2020 13:25:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zimbra.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9147B1600A2; 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Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.10.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 43923 Cc: 43923@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -3.3 (---) On 10/11/20 6:52 AM, php fan wrote: > - have two folders with the same name under different paths such as > /path/to/xxx and /path/to/other/xxx > - Have some files that exist only in one folder, and some that exist > only in the other > - Run: > > $ diff -r /path/to/xxx /path/to/other/xxx > > You'll get messages like: > Only in xxx: somefile.txt > Only in xxx: otherfile.php > > You see the problem, right? I don't see the problem with diffutils 3.7: $ mkdir -p path/to/xxx path/to/other/xxx $ touch path/to/xxx/a path/to/other/xxx/b $ diff -r path/to/xxx path/to/other/xxx Only in path/to/xxx: a Only in path/to/other/xxx: b