[Savannah-hackers] Re: [Savannah] jdiff want to be a GNU package

[Free Software Foundation]

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Also, please note in your submission how jdiff compares with existing
binary diff tools (including those that come with GNU diff, and cmp).

address@hidden <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Submitter: <address@hidden>
> Project Full Name:  Jojo's Binary Diff
> Project System Name:  jdiff
> License:  gpl
> Approval URL: https://savannah.gnu.org/admin/groupedit.php?group_id=2417

> Description: JDIFF is a program that outputs the differences between two
> binary files. JPATCH then allows to reconstruct the second file from the
> first file. JDIFF uses a fast heuristic algorithm. JSYNC, a shell
> script, combines both programs to synchronize files or directories.
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