[MPlayer-dev-eng] Quick "cvs diff" question
Frederick Bruckman
fredb at immanent.net
Fri Jan 31 00:59:48 CET 2003
On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, Arpi wrote:
> > I have made a modification to the MPlayer code that (among other things)
> > led to the creation of two new files. What option do I give "cvs diff" so
> > that it will generate a patch file that includes the contents of the new
> > files (so that when you apply the patch, the new files will get generated
> > for you)?
> >
> > (I've tried -N and -P; neither worked for me.)
>
> cvs won't make diff for new files, you have to attach them to the mail along
> with the patch
"cvs -N diff" can make a patch for new files, but only after the new
files have been added with "cvs add". Unfortunately, you can't do that
with read-only access.
Frederick
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