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This will be\r\nfixed in a related release.\r\n\r\nAdd HKA | HKEY_ALL key\r\n\r\nOptions:\r\n````\r\n-e | --execute 'cmd' ex.reg Execute cmd \u0026 save differences to ex.reg\r\n-s | --sort in.reg out.reg  Sort in.reg to out.reg\r\n````\r\n\r\nExamples:\r\n````\r\n regdelta -s input.reg output.reg    ; sort input.reg to output.reg\r\n regdelta -e 'setup.exe /S' ex.reg   ; run setup \u0026 save differences in ex.reg\r\n````\r\n\r\nTo emulate the --execute option, I've used this batch script, called regdiff.cmd:\r\n\r\n````\r\n@echo off\r\ndel \"%TEMP%\\~regdiff_?.reg\" \u003enul 2\u003enul\r\nregdelta.exe -ax \"%TEMP%\\~regdiff_1.reg\"\r\nstart /wait %*\r\nregdelta.exe -ax \"%TEMP%\\~regdiff_2.reg\"\r\nregdelta.exe -o \"%~1_redo.reg\" \"%TEMP%\\~regdiff_1.reg\" \"%TEMP%\\~regdiff_2.reg\"\r\nregdelta.exe -o \"%~1_undo.reg\" \"%TEMP%\\~regdiff_2.reg\" \"%TEMP%\\~regdiff_1.reg\"\r\ndel \"%TEMP%\\~regdiff_?.reg\" \u003enul 2\u003enul\r\n````\r\n\r\n## Verify a Release\r\n\r\nTo verify a release, download the .zip, .sha256, and .asc files for the release \r\n(replacing regdelta-1.1-win32.zip with the release you are verifying):\r\n\r\n````\r\n$ wget https://github.com/rasa/regdelta/releases/download/v1.1/regdelta-1.1-win32.zip{,.sha256,.asc}\r\n````\r\n\r\nNext, check that sha256sum reports \"OK\":\r\n````\r\n$ sha256sum -c regdelta-1.1-win32.zip.sha256\r\nregdelta-1.1-win32.zip: OK\r\n````\r\n\r\nLastly, check that GPG reports \"Good signature\":\r\n\r\n````\r\n$ gpg --keyserver hkps.pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-key 0x105a5225b6ab4b22\r\n$ gpg --verify regdelta-1.1-win32.zip.asc regdelta-1.1-win32.zip\r\ngpg:                using RSA key 0xFF914F74B4BB6EF3\r\ngpg: Good signature from \"Ross Smith II \u003cross@smithii.com\u003e\" [ultimate]\r\n...\r\n````\r\n\r\n## Contributing\r\n\r\nTo contribute to this project, please see [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md).\r\n\r\n## Bugs\r\n\r\nTo view existing bugs, or report a new bug, please see [issues](../../issues).\r\n\r\n## Changelog\r\n\r\nTo view the version history for this project, please see [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md).\r\n\r\n## License\r\n\r\nThis project is [MIT licensed](LICENSE).\r\n\r\n## Contact\r\n\r\nThis project was created and is maintained by [Ross Smith II][] [![endorse][endorse_png]][endorse]\r\n\r\nFeedback, suggestions, and enhancements are welcome.\r\n\r\n[Ross Smith II]: mailto:ross@smithii.com \"ross@smithii.com\"\r\n[flatter]: https://flattr.com/submit/auto?user_id=rasa\u0026url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Frasa%2Fregdelta\r\n[flatter_png]: http://button.flattr.com/flattr-badge-large.png \"Flattr this\"\r\n[endorse]: https://coderwall.com/rasa\r\n[endorse_png]: https://api.coderwall.com/rasa/endorsecount.png \"endorse\"\r\n\r\n","project_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Frasa%2Fregdelta","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/projects/github.com%2Frasa%2Fregdelta","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects/github.com%2Frasa%2Fregdelta/lists"}