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diff inserts tab into header ?


Hi!

(plase CC me, as I am not subscribed; I will check the list, but
then can not properly reply)

I noticed that 
diff -u Portmon.log _viminfo
(using diffutils 2.8.7-1) puts tabs into the header, like this:

--- Portmon.log 2008-07-25 13:57:56.631375000 +0200
+++ _viminfo    2009-01-21 13:56:23.715740300 +0100
@@ -1,393 +1,401 @@

after the filename and before the date is a TAB char.

Apparently other versions of diff do not do that and patch
chokes on it.

I discovered this when trying to send a patch to a project and
they rejected it because of this tab chars.

Any clue what is going on ?

I have an up to date cygwin setup on WinXP pro SP3.

Regards,
David



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