Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 21:51:27 +0000 (UTC) From: Warren Block <wblock@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r39245 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook Message-ID: <201207222151.q6MLpRSP029709@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: wblock Date: Sun Jul 22 21:51:27 2012 New Revision: 39245 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/39245 Log: Remove obsolete svn diff option. PR: 170006 Submitted by: beat@freebsd.org Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml Sun Jul 22 16:43:08 2012 (r39244) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.sgml Sun Jul 22 21:51:27 2012 (r39245) @@ -10371,15 +10371,12 @@ as .putsy.conf and edit it.</programlist <para>The last step is to make a unified &man.diff.1; of the files against SVN:</para> - <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>svn diff -N > ../`basename ${PWD}`.diff</userinput></screen> + <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>svn diff > ../`basename ${PWD}`.diff</userinput></screen> <note> - <para>It is important to use <option>-N</option> to ensure - that files you have added or removed are accounted for in - the patch. The patch will include any removed files when - applied, though the file contents will be empty, so remember - to include these in the PR so the committer knows to remove - them.</para> + <para>Any files that have been removed should be explicitly + mentioned in the PR, because file removal may not be obvious + to the committer.</para> </note> <para>Send your patch following the guidelines in
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