manoj 00/02/25 13:58:49
Modified: . patches.html Log: Specify that we'd rather have unified diffs when available. Submitted by: Greg Marr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Revision Changes Path 1.2 +6 -1 apache-devsite/patches.html Index: patches.html =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvs/apache-devsite/patches.html,v retrieving revision 1.1 retrieving revision 1.2 diff -u -r1.1 -r1.2 --- patches.html 1998/04/28 05:30:30 1.1 +++ patches.html 2000/02/25 21:58:48 1.2 @@ -50,7 +50,12 @@ Patch Format </H2> - <P>We expect the patch to be submitted in the form of + <P>We prefer that patches be submitted in unified diff format: + + <BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>diff -u file-old.c file.c</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE> + + <P>but that isn't available on all platforms. If your platform doesn't + support unified diffs, please use a context diff instead: <BLOCKQUOTE><CODE>diff -C3 file-old.c file.c</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE>