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Chapter 4. Submitting Patches

Written by Albert den Haan < >

4.1. Patch Format

Your patch should include:

  * a description of what was wrong and what is now better (and now broken :).
   
  * your contact information ( Name/Handle and e-mail )
   
  * the patch in diff -u format (it happens...)
   
cvs diff -u works great for the common case where a file is edited. However, if
you add or remove a file cvs diff will not report that correctly so make sure
you explicitly take care of this rare case.

For additions: mention that you have some new files and include them as either
separate attachments or by appending the diff -u /dev/null /my/new/file output
of them to any cvs diff -u output you may have. Alernatively, use diff -Nu
olddir/ newdir/ in case of multiple new files to add.

For removals, list the files.

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