GNU bug report logs - #54366
option -L is not documented in the "diff --help" output

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Package: diffutils;

Reported by: Vincent Lefevre <vincent <at> vinc17.net>

Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2022 01:50:01 UTC

Severity: normal

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From: Vincent Lefevre <vincent <at> vinc17.net>
To: bug-diffutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: option -L is not documented in the "diff --help" output
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2022 02:49:17 +0100

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Option -L is not documented in the "diff --help" output (and
as a consequence, in the generated diff.1 man page either).

The doc/diffutils.info file contains

'-L LABEL'
'--label=LABEL'
     Use LABEL instead of the file name in the context format (*note
     Context Format::) and unified format (*note Unified Format::)
     headers.  *Note RCS::.

so "    --label LABEL" should just be changed to "-L, --label LABEL"
in src/diff.c. Patch attached.

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