Thread: patching question

Sorry to ask this question here...
How do I include newly created files in a patch with difforig or patch
Thank you.

On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 01:37:51PM +0200, Gevik Babakhani wrote:
> Sorry to ask this question here...
> How do I include newly created files in a patch with difforig or patch
> Thank you.

The -N option to diff treats non-existant files as empty. So "diff
-crN" should do it.

Have you read the developers FAQ?

Have a nice day,
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On Wed, 2006-09-06 at 13:50 +0200, Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 01:37:51PM +0200, Gevik Babakhani wrote:
> > Sorry to ask this question here...
> > How do I include newly created files in a patch with difforig or patch
> > Thank you.
> 
> The -N option to diff treats non-existant files as empty. So "diff
> -crN" should do it.
> 
> Have you read the developers FAQ?

Yes, I guess I missed that one.
> 
> Have a nice day,