[boost] Re: diff files preferred for code fixes

From: Kevin Atkinson (kevinatk_at_[hidden])
Date: 2000-03-16 14:52:16

On Thu, 16 Mar 2000, Beman Dawes wrote:

> To make life easier for library maintainers, and to get your code
> fixes posted faster, please send in code fixes in the form of diff
> files.  That way maintainers can use the patch utility to apply the
> changes.
> 
> If you don't know what I am talking about, see
> http://www.gnu.org/manual/diffutils-2.7/diff.html
> 
> Actually, those docs make it sound complicated.  All you do to
> generate a diff file is give the command:
> 
>     diff fromfile tofile

You should really use "diff -u fromfile tofile" if your diff utility
supports unified output format as it is FAR more readable than normal diff
output.

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Kevin Atkinson
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