On Wed, 3 Dec 1997, Rasdan wrote:
>diff circletest/src circle/src >> multi.diff but it didn't look like your
>standard patch. Can anyone tell me how to create a patch for others to
>use.
I typically do (from changed source directory):
diff -uprN ../stk . -x \*.o > ../filename.patch
-u = unified diff format (no !'s)
-p = show C function name
-r = recursive
-N = show new/deleted files
-x \*.o = don't compare .o files (they're always different)
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