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.\"     Title: pacdiff
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.\"      Date: 2024-08-24
.\"    Manual: Pacman-contrib Manual
.\"    Source: Pacman-contrib 1.10.6
.\"  Language: English
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.TH "PACDIFF" "8" "2024\-08\-24" "Pacman\-contrib 1\&.10\&.6" "Pacman\-contrib Manual"
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.SH "NAME"
pacdiff \- pacorig, pacnew and pacsave maintenance utility
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.sp
\fIpacdiff\fR [options]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.sp
\fIpacdiff\fR is a script which looks for pacorig, pacnew and pacsave files from the backup entries found in the local pacman db\&. For every found file the option is given to view, merge, skip, diff, remove or overwrite the found pacorig, pacnew or pacsave file\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.SS "Search Options"
.PP
\fB\-f, \-\-find\fR
.RS 4
Scan using find\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-l, \-\-locate\fR
.RS 4
Scan using locate\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-p, \-\-pacmandb\fR
.RS 4
Scan active config files from pacman database\&. (default)
.RE
.SS "General Options"
.PP
\fB\-b, \-\-backup\fR
.RS 4
When overwriting, save old files with \&.bak\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-c, \-\-cachedir <dir>\fR
.RS 4
Scan
\fIdir\fR
instead as the pacman cache for 3\-way merge base candidates\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-h, \-\-help\fR
.RS 4
Display syntax and command\-line options\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-nocolor\fR
.RS 4
Do not colorize output\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-o, \-\-output\fR
.RS 4
Print files instead of merging them\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-s, \-\-sudo\fR
.RS 4
Use sudo and sudoedit to merge/remove files\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-3, \-\-threeway\fR
.RS 4
View diffs in 3\-way fashion if the base package is available in the cache\&. Fall back to regular 2\-way diff otherwise\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-V, \-\-version\fR
.RS 4
Display version information\&.
.RE
.SH "ENVIRONMENT"
.PP
\fBDIFFPROG\fR
.RS 4
Override the default
\fIvim \-d\fR
merge program\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBDIFFSEARCHPATH\fR
.RS 4
Override the default search path
\fI/etc\fR, only when using find\&.
.RE
.PP
\fBMERGEPROG\fR
.RS 4
Override the default
\fIdiff3 \-m\fR
3\-way merge program\&. One possible alternative is
\fIgit merge\-file \-p\fR\&.
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.sp
\fBpacman\fR(8), \fBpacman.conf\fR(5)
.SH "BUGS"
.sp
Bugs? You must be kidding; there are no bugs in this software\&. But if we happen to be wrong, file an issue with as much detail as possible at https://gitlab\&.archlinux\&.org/pacman/pacman\-contrib/\-/issues/new\&.
.SH "AUTHORS"
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Current maintainers:
.sp
.RS 4
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Johannes Löthberg <johannes@kyriasis\&.com>
.RE
.sp
.RS 4
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\h'-04'\(bu\h'+03'\c
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.IP \(bu 2.3
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Daniel M\&. Capella <polyzen@archlinux\&.org>
.RE
.sp
For additional contributors, use git shortlog \-s on the pacman\-contrib\&.git repository\&.