Re: [AD] auto diff patcher

[Grzegorz Adam Hankiewicz <gradha@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2005-04-05, Evert Glebbeek <eglebbk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Monday 04 April 2005 23:26, Matthew Leverton wrote:
> > http://www.allegro.cc/dev/make-diff.php
> 
> Very nice! I've never heard of something like this. I think we
> should add it as a link somewhere on Allegro's homepage!

Proposed patch.

Index: docs/src/ahack._tx
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RCS file: /cvsroot/alleg/allegro/docs/src/ahack._tx,v
retrieving revision 1.12
diff -u -r1.12 ahack._tx
--- docs/src/ahack._tx  11 Jan 2004 16:41:21 -0000      1.12
+++ docs/src/ahack._tx  30 Apr 2005 13:42:29 -0000
@@ -531,3 +531,20 @@
 repository. The patch will have slightly different headers, but that's ok,
 once you have it follow the previous process to send it to the developers
 mailing list. Of course, check cvs' manual for more information and options.
+
+
+
+@hnode Online patch creation
+
+Sometimes you don't have the diff tool around, or don't have the cvs tool to
+check out the bleeding edge version of Allegro, or you are too lazy to care
+how to actually make the patch yourself. For any of those cases, Matthew
+Leverton has created the Allegro online patch web page, which you can find at
+<link>http://www.allegro.cc/dev/make-diff.php</a>.
+
+To use it, first you have to get one of the source files of Allegro and make
+your changes to it. Then, go to that URL and supply the local path on your
+computer to the modified file. Then, you write the path of this file relative
+to Allegro's <em>root</em>. If everything goes well, you will end up with a
+patch you can send to the Allegro developers mailing list or post on
+SourceForge's patch submission page.