Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without

From	Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc
Subject	Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without
Date	2025-08-17 09:08 +0100
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On 2025-08-17, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

> On 16 Aug 2025 20:38:51 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
>
>> On 2025-08-16, Rich <rich@example.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> The unified output (-u option) provides a 'diff' view that is much
>>> more ameniable to being understood by humans.
>> 
>> I'm not impressed by the difference.
>
> By displaying the common lines just once, as surrounding context, the “-u” 
> format provides cues so a tool like patch(1) can find the place in the 
> file to substitute the old lines with the new ones. Not relying on strict 
> line numbers to find the place is the secret to how patch is (usually) 
> able to do its work on a file that already has patches applied from other 
> sources.

Do you know of papers, reports, or the like about this?

I'm not doubting your comments, it's just that this sounds like a topic
which would be interesting to me to read about, if somebody has written
down that evolution, how it happened, &c..

> This facility for merging patches from multiple sources is the foundation 
> on which open-source development collaboration is built.

-- 
Nuno Silva

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Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-08-16 08:33 +0000
  Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2025-08-16 18:28 +0000
    Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-08-16 19:05 +0000
      Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-16 21:08 +0100
      Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-08-16 20:38 +0000
        Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-17 00:38 +0000
          Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-17 09:08 +0100
          Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-08-17 09:16 +0000
            Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-17 22:27 +0000
    Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-16 22:27 +0100
      Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-17 00:44 +0000
        Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-17 09:02 +0100
          Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-18 08:31 +0100
            Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-18 08:21 +0000
            Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-22 10:18 +0100
    Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-19 12:06 +0200
      Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-20 00:50 +0000
        Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-08-20 12:20 +0200
          Re: I’m A Linux Expert, And Here Are 6 Commands I Can’t Live Without Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-08-20 22:16 +0000

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