From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ARPAVAX:CAD:teklabs!ogcvax!root
Newsgroups: net.bugs,net.unix-wizar
Title: "diff" convention
Article-I.D.: ogcvax.116
Posted: Mon Jun 14 09:53:39 1982
Received: Wed Jun 16 02:06:21 1982

   When producing a "diff", I suggest that the following convention be
used when specifying filenames:

	diff [options] <original> <new version>

   The diff thus produced can be interpreted as the changes necessary
to get from the initial state (<original>) to the final state
(<new version>).  This seems the more natural, and by using this
convention consistently, one can avoid confusion as to "which direction
the diff goes".

	Bruce Jerrick
	...teklabs!ogcvax!bruce
	Oregon Graduate Center