Re: [RFA] - Improve suggestions for generating patches in CONTRIBUTE

Mark Kettenis
2012-04-17T15:42:44Z

> Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 07:54:52 -0700
> From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker@adacore.com>
>
> > I have modified to put the context diff alternative second. I did not
> > remove it altogether as I have not seen more support to removing it.
> >
> > 2012-04-17 Siva Chandra Reddy <sivachandra@google.com>
> >
> > * CONTRIBUTE: Add "cvs diff -up" as a way to generate patches
> > when accessing the CVS repository. Add a note saying that the
> > "-up" flavors of "cvs diff" and "diff" are preferred.
>
> I am OK with your version. I think this part is considered
> documentation and is more Eli's domain, so please wait for his
> approval.
>
> I also think that 2 GMs agreeing to remove "diff -cp" is enough
> to proceed, but I can take care of removing this part once your
> patch is in. I don't want you to keep flip-flopping just because
> of me.

Make that 3. Tristan's recent darwin diffs made me realise that I've
completely lost the skill to read diff -c output.