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Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ * Support for most features of the "diff --git" format, including renames and copies, permission changes, and symlink diffs. Binary diffs are not supported yet; patch will complain and skip them. -* Support for double-quoted filenames in the "diff --git" format: when a - filename starts with a double quote, it is interpreted as a C string literal. - The escape sequences \\, \", \a, \b, \f, \n, \r, \t, \v, and \ooo (a - three-digit octal number between 0 and 255) are recognized. +* Support for double-quoted filenames: when a filename starts with a double + quote, it is interpreted as a C string literal. The escape sequences \\, \", + \a, \b, \f, \n, \r, \t, \v, and \ooo (a three-digit octal number between 0 + and 255) are recognized. * Refuse to apply a normal patch to a symlink. (Previous versions of patch were replacing the symlink with a regular file.) * When trying to modify a read-only file, warn about the potential problem |