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From: ori@eigenstate.org
To: 9front@9front.org
Subject: Re: [9front] [PATCH] diff: retain original file names
Date: Sun, 22 May 2022 19:24:05 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <833445198A71E1A330A18CFA1427A21A@eigenstate.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <399c430d-65da-0c60-e046-38c19f7c6305@posixcafe.org>

Quoth Jacob Moody <moody@mail.posixcafe.org>:
> On 5/22/22 10:41, Ori Bernstein wrote:
> > 
> > When diffing non-regular files, like /dev/null,
> > pipes, and similar, diff will generate a temp
> > file to diff against. This is the right thing
> > to do, but the temp file leaks into the diff.
> > 
> > This patch retains the original file name all
> > the way through to diff output.
> 
> This has been a pet peeve of mine, glad to see
> I wasn't the only one. Looks good to me! One
> small comment inline that I could take or leave.
> 

pushed, fixed comment in separate commit.

thanks!


      reply	other threads:[~2022-05-22 23:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-05-22 16:41 Ori Bernstein
2022-05-22 18:45 ` Jacob Moody
2022-05-22 23:24   ` ori [this message]

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