On Sat, 10 Mar 2001, Michael Lucas wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm afraid I might be walking up to a bikeshed with a can of paint
> here, but the flood of email in the last twenty-four hours has
> convinced me to ask.
>
> In an article O'Reilly published yesterday, I stated (per the
> Handbook) that context diffs were the correct way to submit patches
> with PRs. I've had several people claim that unified diffs are the
> way to go, and that the handbook is just wrong.
>
> Is the Handbook correct, or are unified diffs preferred? I'll be
> happy to fix my article and submit a PR to correct the Handbook if
> this is the case.
When I read your article I thought that perhaps that was a
mistake, but quickly started looking at something else and forgot about
it.
I'd always thought unified was better, and felt justified after
reading this section in the FreeBSD Porter's Handbook
http://www.freebsd.org/docs/en/books/porters-handbook/port-upgrading.html
third paragraph, where the example diff they use is diff -ruN for
upgrading a port.
-Joseph
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