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Re: How to Make a Patch

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"F. Russell" <fr@random.info> writes:

> Contributing to the mighty FOSS movement often means supplying
> a source code patch.  Here is how to make a patch file:
>
> diff -urB old-source new-source > file.patch
>
> That's it!  Just create and modify a copy of the source code,
> which can be a directory tree or a single file, and then run
> the above command.
>
> Warning!  Don't try this with Microshit Winblows.  You'll
> have to validate your debit card several times over at the
> Microshit store -- and that assumes that you can even find
> the source!
>


You seem to be confusing the OS and the tools we use on it to develop
SW. ALl the best diff tools exist on windows too and and many of the
better ones ONLY on Windows. But you know that.Or should know that.

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How to Make a Patch "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2018-12-20 23:21 +0000
  Re: How to Make a Patch Hadron Quark <hadronquark@gmail.com> - 2018-12-21 11:39 +0100
    Longest Common Subsequence Example. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-12-21 09:30 -0800
  Re: How to Make a Patch DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2018-12-21 14:42 -0500
    Re: How to Make a Patch fr314159@gmail.com - 2018-12-21 12:06 -0800
  Re: How to Make a Patch Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2018-12-21 22:27 +0000
    Re: How to Make a Patch "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2018-12-22 00:14 +0000
      Re: How to Make a Patch Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2018-12-22 07:14 +0000

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