Re: comment diff files

On Fri, 2011-11-25 at 22:17 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Fri, 2011-11-25 at 18:14 +, Clive Standbridge wrote: > > Jerome BENOIT wrote: > > > Hello List: > > > > > > Is there any way to comment a diff file ? > > > > Interesting question. > > ;D > > Until now I'm only using, not writing pa

Re: comment diff files

On Fri, 2011-11-25 at 18:14 +, Clive Standbridge wrote: > Jerome BENOIT wrote: > > Hello List: > > > > Is there any way to comment a diff file ? > > Interesting question. ;D Until now I'm only using, not writing patches. What happens if we would write something at top of a diff or at the e

Re: comment diff files

Thanks ! On 25/11/11 19:14, Clive Standbridge wrote: Jerome BENOIT wrote: Hello List: Is there any way to comment a diff file ? Interesting question. I don't know, but perhaps this paragraph from the patch(1) may help: patch tries to skip any leading garbage, apply the diff, and then skip

Re: comment diff files

Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Hello List: > > Is there any way to comment a diff file ? Interesting question. I don't know, but perhaps this paragraph from the patch(1) may help: patch tries to skip any leading garbage, apply the diff, and then skip any trailing garbage. Thus you could feed an articl

Re: comment diff files

From: Jerome BENOIT rezozer.net> Is there any way to comment a diff file ? I don't think so - you apply the diff using patch, then you put comments into the modified file, then you run a diff against the original version to get the difference with comments included. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, em

comment diff files

Hello List: Is there any way to comment a diff file ? Thanks in advance, Jerome -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4ecfd177.3000...@rezozer.net