This is Info file diff.info, produced by Makeinfo-1.55 from the input file ./diff.texi. This file documents the the GNU `diff', `diff3', `sdiff', and `cmp' commands for showing the differences between text files and the `patch' command for using their output to update files. Copyright (C) 1992, 1993 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are preserved on all copies. Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of this manual under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that the entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of a permission notice identical to this one. Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this manual into another language, under the above conditions for modified versions, except that this permission notice may be stated in a translation approved by the Foundation.  Indirect: diff.info-1: 1001 diff.info-2: 47362 diff.info-3: 97163 diff.info-4: 143154  Tag Table: (Indirect) Node: Top1001 Node: Overview2406 Node: Comparison5550 Node: Hunks8168 Node: White Space9594 Node: Blank Lines10810 Node: Case Folding11574 Node: Specified Folding11987 Node: Brief13077 Node: Binary14328 Node: Output Formats16839 Node: Sample diff Input17531 Node: Normal19024 Node: Detailed Normal19953 Node: Example Normal21678 Node: Context22401 Node: Context Format23949 Node: Detailed Context24722 Node: Example Context26278 Node: Less Context27771 Node: Unified Format28903 Node: Detailed Unified29682 Node: Example Unified30666 Node: Sections31665 Node: Specified Headings32409 Node: C Function Headings33956 Node: Alternate Names34700 Node: Side by Side35597 Node: Side by Side Format37737 Node: Example Side by Side38634 Node: Scripts39961 Node: ed Scripts40359 Node: Detailed ed41554 Node: Example ed43295 Node: Forward ed43733 Node: RCS44495 Node: If-then-else45705 Node: Line Group Formats47362 Node: Line Formats53044 Node: Detailed If-then-else56306 Node: Example If-then-else58207 Node: Comparing Directories59259 Node: Adjusting Output62374 Node: Tabs62793 Node: Pagination64315 Node: diff Performance64734 Node: Comparing Three Files66680 Node: Sample diff3 Input67541 Node: Detailed diff3 Normal68490 Node: diff3 Hunks70270 Node: Example diff3 Normal71556 Node: diff3 Merging72580 Node: Which Changes74790 Node: Marking Conflicts76196 Node: Bypassing ed78653 Node: Merging Incomplete Lines80008 Node: Saving the Changed File80725 Node: Interactive Merging81335 Node: sdiff Option Summary82033 Node: Merge Commands83133 Node: Merging with patch84269 Node: patch Input86376 Node: Imperfect87039 Node: Changed White Space87776 Node: Reversed Patches88527 Node: Inexact90112 Node: Empty Files93466 Node: Multiple Patches94030 Node: patch Messages95342 Node: Making Patches97163 Node: Invoking cmp100461 Node: cmp Options101065 Node: Invoking diff102495 Node: diff Options103961 Node: Invoking diff3114494 Node: diff3 Options115125 Node: Invoking patch118727 Node: patch Directories120661 Node: Backups122455 Node: Rejects125002 Node: patch Options125552 Node: Invoking sdiff130409 Node: sdiff Options131519 Node: Incomplete Lines134836 Node: Projects136459 Node: Shortcomings137153 Node: Changing Structure138148 Node: Special Files139096 Node: Unusual File Names140042 Node: Arbitrary Limits140664 Node: Large Files141093 Node: Ignoring Changes141965 Node: Bugs142509 Node: Concept Index143154  End Tag Table .