diffman-git1
Compare changes to manual pages line by line
Usage
diffman-git [diff-options ...]
[[base-commit]
commit]
Overview
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 */ );