Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx> writes: > Hi, > > On Wed, 14 Mar 2007, Alex Riesen wrote: > >> This introduces a new command-line option: --exit-code. The diff >> programs will return 1 for differences, return 0 for equality, and >> something else for errors. > > I am not convinced that this exit code (even if expected by experience) > makes sense. A diff should _only_ fail if anything goes _wrong_, not if > the files are _different. That is what cmp is for, no? Not really, if you are used to use diff as a replacement for cmp. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html