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by relueeuler 1304 days ago
They are all diffs. Simple is better here.
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anamexis 1304 days ago
All pull/change/merge requests are diffs, but not all diffs are pull/change/merge requests.
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relueeuler 1304 days ago
Right, but in the context of making code changes, you can use diff. Which aligns with the Unix tool diff, and application of said diff with patch. So diff and patch are the operations that happen as you mutate a code base.
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