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| A unified diff is a PatchFile (or Diff) in [http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/manual/html_node/Unified-Format.html unified format]. | A unified diff is a PatchFile (or Diff) in [http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/manual/html_node/Unified-Format.html unified format]. This is the most popular, and prevalent, form of diff file used today. Traditionally this was created by running {{{diff}}} with the "-u" option; however, Mercurial's diff command generates unified diffs for you. |
Unified diff
A unified diff is a PatchFile (or Diff) in [http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/manual/html_node/Unified-Format.html unified format]. This is the most popular, and prevalent, form of diff file used today. Traditionally this was created by running diff with the "-u" option; however, Mercurial's diff command generates unified diffs for you.