Re: Why does diff not default to the unified format?

[Bauke Jan Douma]

Shriramana Sharma wrote on 17-03-07 10:03:
> Hello all.
>
> As far as I can see, the unified format is the most used diff format in 
> the developer world. For example, patches are mostly distibuted as 
> unified-diffs, debianization diffs are unified diffs, and so on. The 
> unified format also allows fuzzy patching.
>
> This being so, I would like to know why diff does not default to the 
> unified format for its output? I would like diff to output unified 
> format by default.

Nothing a little script wrapper can't handle.

bjd