Bug#121364: -p option only works with diff -u output?

Re: Andreas Metzler 2006-10-01 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is there a way to make diff generate output which patch can understand, i.e. including the Index: lines? I just wanted to transfer differences between two filetrees from machineA to machineB. I wanted to minimze bandwith consumption by using

Bug#121364: -p option only works with diff -u output?

On 2003-05-22 Paul Eggert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just reviewed this bug report again, and it turns out that it's not a bug; it's a request for an extension. patch has never grokked the output of diff -rN unless you put an Index: line in front of each diff. Perhaps patch could be