[devscripts] 01/01: debdiff: Document that --move only works with binary packages

Joachim Breitner nomeata at moszumanska.debian.org
Wed Feb 10 13:57:32 UTC 2016


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commit 0a98487b130b08a426dd3081a9474513d56283cb
Author: Joachim Breitner <nomeata at debian.org>
Date:   Wed Feb 10 14:57:19 2016 +0100

    debdiff: Document that --move only works with binary packages
---
 scripts/debdiff.1  | 3 ++-
 scripts/debdiff.pl | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/debdiff.1 b/scripts/debdiff.1
index 3a39898..14df1dd 100644
--- a/scripts/debdiff.1
+++ b/scripts/debdiff.1
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ in the first package, and the second in the second.  Any files in the
 first listing whose names begin with the first argument are treated as
 having that substituted for the second argument when the file lists
 are compared.  Any number of \fB\-\-move\fR arguments may be given;
-they are processed in the order in which they appear.
+they are processed in the order in which they appear. This only affects
+comparing binary packages, not source packages.
 .TP
 .BI \-\-move\-regex " FROM TO"
 This is the same as \fB\-\-move\fR, except that \fIFROM\fR is treated
diff --git a/scripts/debdiff.pl b/scripts/debdiff.pl
index a39b594..6c0654f 100755
--- a/scripts/debdiff.pl
+++ b/scripts/debdiff.pl
@@ -56,9 +56,11 @@ Valid options are:
    --version, -v          Display version and copyright info
    --move FROM TO,        The prefix FROM in first packages has
      -m FROM TO             been renamed TO in the new packages
+                            only affects comparing binary packages
                             (multiple permitted)
    --move-regex FROM TO,  The prefix FROM in first packages has
                             been renamed TO in the new packages
+                            only affects comparing binary packages
                             (multiple permitted), using regexp substitution
    --dirs, -d             Note changes in directories as well as files
    --nodirs               Do not note changes in directories (default)

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