From: John Gabriele <jmg3000@...>
Date: 2006-07-21T23:42:34+09:00
Subject: Re: Rdoc with hyperlinks

On 7/20/06, Logan Capaldo <logancapaldo@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Jul 20, 2006, at 10:53 PM, Logan Capaldo wrote:
>
> >
> > On Jul 20, 2006, at 5:47 PM, Dave Howell wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> On Jul 20, 2006, at 10:43, Eric Hodel wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Jul 18, 2006, at 5:19 PM, Dave Howell wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Make the following changes to files in ..../lib/rdoc
> >>>
> >>> Can you turn this into a patch?
> >>
> >> Short answer: "no".
> >>
> >> Slightly longer answer: "Um, I dunno. What kind of a patch, to be
> >> applied with what tool? I've never made a patch. Is it hard?"
> >>
> >
> > One way:
> >
> > diff -u your_version_with_changes.rb original_version.rb > your.patch
> >
> > If you changed more than one file I would suggest
> >
> > diff -u your_version_of_whole_src_tree_directory
> > original_version_of_source_tree_directory > your.patch
> >
> > the people who ask for patches will know how to use the patch tool
> > to apply it.
> >
>
> Ack!!! I lied. I always mix that up.
>
> its  diff -u original your_version
>
> Sorry :(.
>

If making a patch between two directory trees, you'll also need the -r option:

diff -ur foo_original foo_modified > foo_mychanges.patch

---John