On fre, 2009-08-28 at 16:57 -0500, Kevin Grittner wrote:
> David Fetter <david@fetter.org> wrote:
>
> > cvs diff if you're on CVS. If you're using git, commit to your
> > local repository and git-diff.
>
> I tried that. When I just did it at the top level, it ignored the new
> file. When I specified the file:
>
> kgrittn@kgrittn-desktop:~/pg/pgsql$ cvs diff -c -N
> contrib/start-scripts/linux-lsb > ../linux-lsb.patch
> cvs diff: I know nothing about contrib/start-scripts/linux-lsb
>
> Same behavior with and without the -N flag. What am I missing?
If it's a new file, it's pointless to send a patch anyway.
You could also consider putting it in place of the linux file.
