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

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Fri Mar 30 2012 - 16:38:31 EST


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

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@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Marek <mmarek@xxxxxxx>
---
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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