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Re: git reveals a bug in (some versions) BSD diff

From
Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Aug 12, 2005, 16:30 UTC
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Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
> I'd prefer to deprecate that diff program by telling so in the test. 
> Something along the lines "blabla. If this fails, chances are you have a 
> borked diff. Try GNU diff..."

Wouldn't it give the people with broken diff a false impression that their "git diff" actually produces a good result when it does not?

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