Code review comment for lp:~vila/bzr/split-diff-tests

On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 6:35 AM, Vincent Ladeuil <email address hidden> wrote:
>> Regarding '--forward-ed' not part of diff v3.3:
>> How does diff v3.3 treat a command line which includes the removed option
>> '--forward-ed'? Does it quietly ignore it or abort with an error code?
>
> Good point ! The option appears to be still supported even if it's not mentioned in the man page nor the online help anymore.

I posted a documentation regression bug (#18655) on the bug-diffutils
mailing list. The thread is in their archives[*]. They said they
dropped documentation from shorter manuals because they thought no one
in their right mind would use the option but that it is still
documented in the full manual.

Reference:
[*] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-diffutils/2014-10/index.html