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Re: Re: Command to generate a patch


Andrew Lunn wrote:
On Thu, Oct 17, 2002 at 04:27:14PM +0100, Chris Garry wrote:

Simple question: what do I type to generate a patch?

Here is what i do:

I have in ~/.cvsrc :

diff -u
I heartily recommend:

diff -u5 -p

at least, and possibly

diff -u5 -p -N

if you prefer not to have to worry about new files. The -p can be useful in a large diff.

Jifl
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