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GNU diff 2.0 released

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From: djm
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 19:37
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Version 2.0 of GNU diff, diff3, sdiff, and cmp is available for
anonymous ftp from prep.ai.mit.edu [18.71.0.38] in the file
pub/gnu/diff-2.0.tar.Z.

Major changes in release 2.0:

* Add sdiff and cmp programs.
* Add Texinfo documentation.
* Add configure script.
* Improve diff performance.
* New diff options:
-x --exclude
-X --exclude-from
-P --unidirectional-new-file
-W --width
-y --side-by-side
--left-column
--sdiff-merge-assist
--suppress-common-lines
* diff options renamed:
--label renamed from --file-label
--forward-ed renamed from --reversed-ed
--paginate renamed from --print
--entire-new-file renamed from --entire-new-files
--new-file renamed from --new-files
--all-text removed
* New diff3 options:
-v --version
* Add long-named equivalents for other diff3 options.
* diff options -F (--show-function-line) and -I (--ignore-matching-lines)
  can now be given more than once.

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Subject: GNU diff 2.0 released
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