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

[sspamm2001-gguu]

>> So the current default format is also used widely then? Is there a   
>> reason it is not used popularly for patches on the net or is it just   
>> that I have never come across one? 
  
> You're right that it's not useful as a distribution format particularly.  
> Publishing default-format diffs isn't very useful...
   
  What then about starting the man page with something like:
   
  "Unified diff is most commonly used for distributing diffs (option -u3 for 
example).
Other formats are still useful; the default is kept for backward compatibility 
only."
   
  or similar ...
   

                
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