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

[Adrian Irving-Beer]

On Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 08:14:03PM -0400, Aaron Bentley wrote:

> > 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"?

Ah, yes.  My misunderstanding. ;)

BTW, shouldn't the 'dots' (and accompanying status text) be going to
standard error, rather than standard output?  Or am I missing some
fundamental design decision here?

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