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On Sun, 5 Jul 2020 13:07:53 +1200 Jonathan Chen jonc@chen=2Eorg=2Enz said

> On Sun, 5 Jul 2020 at 12:47, Brandon helsley
> <brandon=2Ehelsley@hotmail=2Ecom> wrote:
> >
> > I have gotten a couple of emails from portscout about ports that need u=
pdated
> > and maintained=2E Before I go about updating and maintaining these ports =
I wanted
> > to do some practice on a couple that I use like x11/nvidia-settings=2E I =
have
> > recieved alot of help on the forums and from the documentation, but i'm=
 still
> > at a loss as to how the diff process works=2E
> [=2E=2E=2E]
>=20
> This is my personal workflow:
> 1=2E Take a simple copy of the port into my working directory
> 2=2E Get the port working in my working directory=2E
> 3=2E cd my-working-directory
> 4=2E diff -ruN /usr/ports/x11/nvidia-settings =2E > /tmp/nvidia-settings=2Epatc=
h
I believe that "svn diff" is the preferred method for generating patches=2E
> 5=2E submit patch onto bugs=2Efreebsd=2Eorg
>=20
> Hope that helps=2E
> --=20
> Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen=2Eorg=2Enz>
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