Procedure / HOWTO create patch files?

[Robert Connolly]

'man 1 patch' suggests using 'diff -Naur'. This makes pretty easy to read and 
easy to port patches.

robert

On October 6, 2005 01:57 pm, Joseph M Dupre (AVAB Inc.) wrote:
> What is the prefered method to create patch files for buildroot /
> uClibc / Bustbox etc?
>
> Must they be made from current svn or is a current snapshot
> acceptable?
>
> GNU.org reccomends:
> cvs diff -c3p
> or
> diff -c3p <olddir> <newdir>
>
> What options for diff are prefered? How does one do this directly via
> svn?
>
> I've fixed some problems in the MDT package config/make files in
> buildroot that I'd like to contribute, but have never made a patch
> file before so any pointers, tips, tricks, or references are helpful
> to me.
>
> - Joe
>
>
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