linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/8] Documentation: mention scripts/diffconfig tool

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Message-ID: <4F76196E.6010707@xenotime.net>
Date:	Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:37:02 -0700
From:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Javi Merino <javi.merino@....com>,
	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
Subject: [PATCH 2/8] Documentation: mention scripts/diffconfig tool

From:	"Javi Merino" <javi.merino@....com>

Documentation: Mention scripts/diffconfig as a tool to compare config files

The kconfig documentation suggests using plain 'diff' to compare
config files and then adds "Yes, we need something better here".
"a717417 kconfig: add diffconfig utility" added what that comment was
looking for.

Signed-off-by: Javi Merino <javi.merino@....com>
Cc: Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
---
 Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt |    8 +++-----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- lnx-33.orig/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt
+++ lnx-33/Documentation/kbuild/kconfig.txt
@@ -28,12 +28,10 @@ new (default) values, so you can use:
 
 	grep "(NEW)" conf.new
 
-to see the new config symbols or you can 'diff' the previous and
-new .config files to see the differences:
+to see the new config symbols or you can use diffconfig to see the
+differences between the previous and new .config files:
 
-	diff .config.old .config | less
-
-(Yes, we need something better here.)
+	scripts/diffconfig .config.old .config | less
 
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 Environment variables for '*config'
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