[bug-diffutils] Re: New diff options/features

[Andreas Schwab]

Duncan Moore <address@hidden> writes:

> On 26/09/2010 21:07, Paul Eggert wrote:
>> On 09/26/2010 07:56 AM, Duncan Moore wrote:
>>> 2) --if-different
>>>     File contents are assumed identical if the files have the same size
>>> and timestamp.
>> This makes sense, but the option name is poorly chosen.  How about
>> --assume-same?
>
> I was unhappy with the name too. I think --assume-same is better, but it
> doesn't convey the fact that it is conditional (on the timestamp and size
> being the same). But I'm happy to go with it, unless someone thinks of
> something better.

How about --compare-attributes=size,mtime?

    --compare-attributes=ATTRS
        Compare file attributes ATTRS and assume two files are identical
        if those attributes match, disregarding the actual file contents.

Andreas.

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