Re: [RFC] Linux Kernel Subversion Howto

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

Quoting r. Stelian Pop <stelian@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> Subject: Re: [RFC] Linux Kernel Subversion Howto
> 
> On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 12:18:27PM +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Hi, Stelian!
> > One thing everyone creating kernel patches with subversion
> > must be aware of, is the fact that the subversion built-in diff command does
> > not understand the gnu diff -p flag (or indeed, any gnu diff flags at all,
> > with the exception of -u, which is the default anyway).
> 
> There is a section called "How do I generate 'proper' diffs ?" dealing
> with this.
> 
> Stelian.
> -- 
> Stelian Pop <stelian@xxxxxxxxxx>    
> 

Yep but the trick with --diff-cmd has the advantage of not changing the
default diff for the current user.

-- 
MST - Michael S. Tsirkin
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