diffman-git - compare changes to manual pages line by line

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  OPTIONS  ENVIRONMENT  EXAMPLES  SEE ALSO 

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NAME

diffman−git − compare changes to manual pages line by line

SYNOPSIS

diffman−git

[diff-options ...] [[base-commit] commit]

DESCRIPTION

The diffman−git command formats a manual page at two git(1) commits, and then runs diff(1) on the formatted outputs.

If the commit is not specified, it diffs the working directory against HEAD.

If the base-commit is not specified, the comparison is done against the previous commit.

OPTIONS

	−s		Report when two files are the same.
	−Un		output n (default 3) lines of unified context.
	−w		Ignore all white space.

ENVIRONMENT

See man(1).

EXAMPLES

$ MAN_KEEP_FORMATTING= diffman−git 437e4afec6ca | less −R;
−−− 437e4afec6ca^:man/man3/sem_open.3
+++ 437e4afec6ca:man/man3/sem_open.3
@@ −14,3 +14,2 @@
− sem_t *sem_open(const char *name, int oflag);
− sem_t *sem_open(const char *name, int oflag,
− mode_t mode, unsigned int value);
+ sem_t *sem_open(const char *name, int oflag, ...
+ /* mode_t mode, unsigned int value */ );

SEE ALSO

diff(1), man(1), git(1), less(1)

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