Procedure / HOWTO create patch files?

[Peter S. Mazinger]

On Thu, 6 Oct 2005, 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>

I use diff -urN[p]

Peter
> 
> 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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