[mythtv] Proper way to create a patch
Tako Schotanus
quintesse at palacio-cristal.com
Wed Jul 7 08:03:26 EDT 2004
Jason Donahue wrote:
>Hello,
>I have done some coding for mythweb's music page to extend it's
>functionality, and would like to submit a patch. Problem is, I'm not sure
>how to do it right/conform to what is wanted.
>
>I figure I should be doing 'diff -u', but my changes affect multiple
>files, some in subdirectories, and creates a couple of files as well. So,
>is there a nice command to create one big diff file on the directory?
>
>
>
I always do a "cvs diff -u2" in the root of the particular module
(MythMusic in your case).
Don't forget to do a "cvs update" first and check if your patch still
works so you can be sure that your patch works against the very latest
version of CVS.
Cheers,
-Tako
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