[ECOS] Re: Command to generate a patch

[Jonathan Larmour]

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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