Re: [Gnu-arch-users] baz diff: progress dots Vs list of modified files.

[Aaron Bentley]

Adrian Irving-Beer wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 07:16:35PM -0400, Aaron Bentley wrote:
> 
> 
>>But when you're not used to it, you think: "oh hell, how do I get real
>>diffs that will work with patch?".
> 
> 
> How does the preamble interfere with patch?  patch ignores stuff
> leading up to the first patch.  baz still has preamble, it's just
> less helpful.

As a newbie, I thought it interfered.  I was wrong, but that's what I
thought.  Someone new to the system thinks "why can't I just get a
normal diff"?

Aaron