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pacdiff

Maintenance utility for `.pacorig`, `.pacnew` and `.pacsave` files created by `pacman`.

TLDR

Review files that need maintenance in interactive mode

$ pacdiff
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Use sudo and sudoedit to remove and merge files
$ pacdiff --sudo
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Review files needing maintenance, creating .bakups of the original if you (O)verwrite
$ pacdiff --sudo --backup
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Use a specific editor to view and merge configuration files (default is vim -d)
$ DIFFPROG=[editor] pacdiff
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Scan for configuration files with locate instead of using pacman database
$ pacdiff --locate
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Display help
$ pacdiff --help
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