redhat man page for recountdiff

RECOUNTDIFF(1)															    RECOUNTDIFF(1)

NAME
       recountdiff - recompute patch counts and offsets

SYNOPSIS
       recountdiff [file...]

       recountdiff {--help | --version}

DESCRIPTION
       recountdiff  recomputes	the  counts  and  offsets  in unified context diffs. It does this in two passes: first the counts are corrected by
       inspection of the actual patch lines, and then the offsets are adjusted according to the computed counts.

       The corrected diff is sent to standard output.

OPTIONS
       --help Display a short usage message.

       --version
	      Display the version number of recountdiff.

LIMITATIONS
       There are some things that cannot be dealt with. If you have removed the first context line in a hunk, for example, there  is  no  way  for
       recountdiff to know that. For more precise fixing up, use rediff(1), which uses the original and modified diffs.

SEE ALSO
       rediff(1)

AUTHOR
       Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com>.

patchutils							    5 July 2002 						    RECOUNTDIFF(1)