Post #4136510
2026-07-27 11:19 UTC
@zoid@infosec.exchange diff isn't really helpful in this case, as it was designed to spot insertions and deletions of lines, not spot individual character changes. It'll just confirm, "yes, these lines are different." It isn't very effective at telling you why when the difference is so subtle.
%cat foo
CAA 0 issue "letsencrypt.org;validationmethods=dns-01"
%cat bar
CAA 0 issue "letsencrypt.org:validationmethods=dns-01"
%diff foo bar
1c1
CAA 0 issue "letsencrypt.org:validationmethods=dns-01"
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@zoid@infosec.exchange 2026-07-27 12:14
@nuintari@mastodon.bsd.cafe I should have been more precise, my goto diff for things like this is vim -d and usually what follows is a facepalm 🤦♂️ since I was staring at it for I don’t know how long.