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 Showing Differences Without Context
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    The "normal" `diff' output format shows each hunk of differences
 without any surrounding context.  Sometimes such output is the clearest
 way to see how lines have changed, without the clutter of nearby
 unchanged lines (although you can get similar results with the context
 or unified formats by using 0 lines of context).  However, this format
 is no longer widely used for sending out patches; for that purpose, the
 context format ( Context Format) and the unified format (
 Unified Format) are superior.  Normal format is the default for
 compatibility with older versions of `diff' and the POSIX standard.
 Use the `--normal' option to select this output format explicitly.
 

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