Re: [PATCH] doc: clarify how -S works

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On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 05:39:38PM +0000, John Tapsell wrote:

> > Yes, that is technically correct. I was trying to find a wording that
> > was a little less "this is literally what it does" and more "this is
> > what you might find it useful for".
> 
> Is there any way to have an option to also match any line containing
> the string?  That might be the best way to document it, as well as
> being very useful:
> 
> -s<string>
>    Look for any additions, removals or changes in any line containing <string>
> -S<string>
>    Look only for any additions or removals of the <string> in any line

Yes, that would be possible (though it is still not foolproof against
moves, as I mentioned elsewhere), and I think it would be simple to
explain the two together.  It just needs somebody to code it.

Unfortunately "-s" is already taken for "no output".

-Peff
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