Feature request: Add 'Generated-by header' to diff output

[Martin Pool]

On 8/6/07, Jari Aalto <jari.aalto at cante.net> wrote:
>
> Consider typical bzr diff output:
>
>     === added file 'Makefile'
>     --- Makefile    1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
>     +++ Makefile    2007-08-05 21:38:10 +0000
>
> I propose that a "header" is added to the beginning of diff
> to announce that this diff/patch was generated byg bzr:
>
>     Generated-by: bazaar 0.18
>     === added file 'Makefile'
>     --- Makefile    1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
>     +++ Makefile    2007-08-05 21:38:10 +0000

Some diff tools prefix the diff with the command that generated it, or
a cleaned-up version of the command.  If we included that it would
both indicate that it came from bazaar and maybe give some other
useful information.  (These lines typically don't show the version but
is that needed?)

Otherwise this seems ok, as long as it's tested and optional.

-- 
Martin