GNU bug report logs - #38779
Document conflicting options better

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Package: diffutils;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2019 21:35:01 UTC

Severity: normal

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-diffutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Document conflicting options better
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2019 05:19:26 +0800

$ diff -y --suppress-common-lines -c --show-function-line=mirah A B
diff: conflicting output style options
diff: Try 'diff --help' for more information.

Actually diff --help won't tell the user about conflicts.

One cannot even find mention in the Info manual for this case (or others.)

Also the message doesn't say which options are the conflicting ones.

diff (GNU diffutils) 3.7
This bug report was last modified 5 years and 2 days ago.

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