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Doc update for context diff support

Matthew Wang 11 лет назад
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@@ -107,13 +107,16 @@ Pipe in a diff:
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     svn diff -r1234 | cdiff -s  # view svn diff comparing to given revision
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     diff -u file1 file2 | cdiff # view diff between two files (note the '-u')
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     diff -ur dir1 dir2 | cdiff  # view diff between two dirs
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-    cat foo.patch | cdiff       # view a unified patch (or cdiff < foo.path)
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-    # View a GitHub pull request, side by side (GitHub web interface is missing
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-    # this feature :)
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-    #
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+    # View diff in a GitHub pull request, side by side
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     curl https://github.com/ymattw/cdiff/pull/11.diff | cdiff -s
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+    # View a patch file in unified or context format, the latter depends on
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+    # command `filterdiff` from package `patchutils` which is available in
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+    # major Linux distros and MacPorts.  "cdiff < foo.path" works too.
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+    #
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+    cat foo.patch | cdiff 
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 Redirect output to another patch file is safe:
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 .. code:: sh
@@ -125,7 +128,8 @@ Notes
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 Cdiff has following known issues:
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-- Only takes unified diff for input
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+- Does not recognize `normal` diff, and depends on ``filterdiff`` (patchutils)
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+  to read `context` diff
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 - Side by side mode has alignment problem for wide chars
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 - Terminal might be in a mess on exception (type ``reset`` can fix it)
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