Re: Bug#377600: please support -R to reverse diff (fwd)

[Eric Blake]

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According to Andreas Schwab on 7/10/2006 7:49 AM:
> Santiago Vila <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>> cp debian/rules{,.orig}
>> diff debian/rules*
>>
>> --> this will always generate a reverse diff, so to speak, since the
>> null string sorts before .orig.
> 
> What's wrong with diff debian/rules{.orig,}?

There is also flipdiff, part of the patchutils package, which can reverse
a diff that you generated in the wrong direction.

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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