X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 16:52:59 +0100 From: Spiro Trikaliotis To: cygwin@cygwin.com Cc: xerces8 Message-ID: <20090202155259.GK21389@trikaliotis.net> Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com, xerces8 References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17+20080114 (2008-01-14) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 87.163.220.10 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: an-cygwin@spiro.trikaliotis.net Subject: Re: diff inserts tab into header ? X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2.1 (built Tue, 09 Jan 2007 17:23:22 +0000) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on mail.trikaliotis.net) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com Hello, * On Mon, Feb 02, 2009 at 04:10:52PM +0100 xerces8 wrote: > I noticed that > diff -u Portmon.log _viminfo > (using diffutils 2.8.7-1) puts tabs into the header, like this: > > --- Portmon.log 2008-07-25 13:57:56.631375000 +0200 > +++ _viminfo 2009-01-21 13:56:23.715740300 +0100 > @@ -1,393 +1,401 @@ > > after the filename and before the date is a TAB char. That's correct, and it should be there. That's how all diffs I know behave. That's even correct for "svn diff" and "cvs diff". > I discovered this when trying to send a patch to a project and > they rejected it because of this tab chars. Are you sure this is the case? Can you send the exact message they sent you when they rejected the patch? Best regards, Spiro. -- Spiro R. Trikaliotis http://opencbm.sf.net/ http://www.trikaliotis.net/ http://www.viceteam.org/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/