A handy diff argument handling feature that's actually very old
https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/DiffOldArgumentsFeature [utcc.utoronto.ca]
2020-10-07 21:42
If only one of file1 and file2 is a directory, diff shall be applied to the non-directory file and the file contained in the directory file with a filename that is the same as the last component of the non-directory file.