On 2009-08-25 19:09+0100 Andrew Ross wrote: > While we're on the subject of patches, the svn patch command generates > headers like > > Index: examples/c/x29c.c > =================================================================== > --- examples/c/x29c.c (revision 10316) > +++ examples/c/x29c.c (working copy) > > for each file. This is not in the standard patch format (as described > above by Alan). Does anyone have any neat way of applying these > patches without having to hand edit the patch first? This would be > useful when people send patches from their working copy that I > would like to test on my working copy before applying to svn. I can't > seem to find an easy way to do this with my version of patch, but I > can't believe there isn't a solution.
How about using -p0 when patching from the top-level source tree? I haven't bothered now to try the above form by hand, but I know I have patched with that svn form of patch (at least the one you get with svn diff) before with no problems. Alan __________________________ Alan W. Irwin Astronomical research affiliation with Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria (astrowww.phys.uvic.ca). Programming affiliations with the FreeEOS equation-of-state implementation for stellar interiors (freeeos.sf.net); PLplot scientific plotting software package (plplot.org); the libLASi project (unifont.org/lasi); the Loads of Linux Links project (loll.sf.net); and the Linux Brochure Project (lbproject.sf.net). __________________________ Linux-powered Science __________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
