[MPlayer-dev-eng] Quick "cvs diff" question

[Frederick Bruckman]

On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, Frederick Bruckman wrote:

> 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.

Sorry, "cvs diff -N".

Frederick