From bc7db9535c11cec9d344e08e2ebc389d82a935ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Vladimir Prus Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 06:41:00 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Explain what's 'unified diff' is. [SVN r20679] --- v2/hacking.txt | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/v2/hacking.txt b/v2/hacking.txt index 8b7f0fedc..ecf20da22 100644 --- a/v2/hacking.txt +++ b/v2/hacking.txt @@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ Additional resources include BUGS and PATCHES +Both bugs and patches can be send to our mailing list. + When reporting a bug, please try to provide the following information. - What you did. A minimal reproducible testcase is very much appreciated. @@ -45,7 +47,8 @@ When submitting a patch, please: - make a single patch for a single logical change - follow the policies and coding conventions below, - - set patches in unified diff format, + - send patches in unified diff format, + (using either "cvs diff -u" or "diff -u") - provide a log message together with the patch The purpose of log message serves to communicate what was changed, and