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                "content": "espdiff applies the appropriate transformation to a patch or set of patches, depending on\nwhat you intend to accomplish.\n\nThe input patches must be “clean”: in other words they must apply without fuzz or offsets in\nwhichever order they are meant to be applied. The exception is if you intend espdiff to clean\nthem for you (good luck).\n\nYou may find it useful to cross your fingers while the program performs its task, or to screw\nyour eyes tight shut while imagining it doing the right thing.\n",
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                "content": "Do not use this program while sleep-walking, or before your first cup of coffee.\n\nThere are some cases in which it is not possible to determine what the intention of the user\nis. In these cases, you should construct the output you desire using an editor, and send the\ninput files together with the desired output file to Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com> asking for\na new diff tool.\n",
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                "content": "Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com>\nPackage maintainer\n\nMike Harris <mharris@redhat.com>\nConceptual designer\n\n\n\npatchutils                                  5 March 2003                                  ESPDIFF(6)",
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