Re: [AD] auto diff patcher

[Elias Pschernig <elias@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2005-04-04 at 16:26 -0500, Matthew Leverton wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Perhaps something like this already exists, but if so, I've re-invented it.
> 
> For people like myself who don't always have diff around and are too
> lazy to get it:
> 
> http://www.allegro.cc/dev/make-diff.php
> 
> You supply the updated file (and its path), and it gives you a DIFF
> patch against the current CVS version of Allegro.
> 

That's great. Now we can send anyone who is too lazy to make a proper
patch there :)

> Attached is a sample patch that it created. (It actually could be
> applied...) Let me know if the patch is in the right format or not, so
> I know if it works...
> 

Well, it doesn't apply easily:

--- /tmp/alwatcom.h.Ct9jmu      Mon Apr  4 16:18:52 2005
+++ /tmp/alwatcom.h.2Keevx      Mon Apr  4 16:18:52 2005

I have to manually specify the file to which I want it applied. Better
than nothing though. But ideally, it would say something like:

--- include/allegro/platform/alwatcom.h 1 Feb 2005 13:12:05 -0000       1.6
+++ include/allegro/platform/alwatcom.h 4 Apr 2005 21:34:24 -0000

In that case, I can apply it without having to type in anything.

-- 
Elias Pschernig