Re: Q: How does one generate diffs for use with patch

["Oliver Elphick" <olly@lfix.co.uk>]

Daniel Martin wrote:
  >...
  >So here's the question - how do I make this patch?  Some files in the
  >original source distribution's debian/ directory aren't there in mine.
  >Also, doesn't a diff usually tell how to change one file into another?
  >How then does one generate patch files to change one file into a modified
  >version of the same file (i.e. source and target filename the same)?

Have the original version in one directory tree (.../tree.orig) and the 
new version in another (.../tree).  Then:

   diff -crN .../tree.orig .../tree > tree.patch




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