Roberto Ragusa wrote:
Very easy. You obviously need the original file, then diff -u theoriginalfile.c modifiedfile.c >mypatch.diff If you want to diff a directory diff -ur /aaa/bbb/ccc-1.3 /aaa/bbb/ccc-1.3_modified >mypatch.diff (u=human readable, r=recursive) It's almost easier to create a diff than to apply it (when you have to choose between option "-p0" and "-p1"). Regards.
If you have it in a cvs then the easiest way is to simply run
cvs diff -u >mypatch.diff
No need to check out another copy this way
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