Add an example for folks who can never remember how to generate a
recursive diff for use with send-pr(1). PR: 12440 Requested by: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>
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.TP
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.B \-y
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Use the side by side output format.
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.SH EXAMPLES
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To save to a file some changes that you have made to your local source
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tree (possibly including new files), which you would like to show to others
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(perhaps using the
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.B send-pr(1)
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program), you could type
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.sp
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diff -crN foo.orig foo >foo.diff
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.sp
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where
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.I foo.orig
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and
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.I foo
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might be directory hierarchies or single files.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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cmp(1), comm(1), diff3(1), ed(1), patch(1), pr(1), sdiff(1).
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.SH DIAGNOSTICS
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