Visual patch manager?

Richard Dale Richard_Dale at tipitina.demon.co.uk
Tue Nov 2 19:41:19 GMT 1999


Just the ticket! Thanks a lot. 

-- Richard

On Tue, 02 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> >patch I have to clear out all the '.o' files etc in kdevelop-1.0beta4objc so
> >diff doesn't include them in the patch. Then of course you test the patch, find
> >you've made a mistake, and have to build all the '.o' files again, test the fix
> >to the patch, remove the '.o' files and so on.
> 
> 	I would suggest to use the  --exclude-from=FILE option.
> 
> 	I use it with 'tar' and 'diff' (man tar, diff --help). 
> 
> 	I use it with tar to package kde source to take home.
> 	I use it with 'diff -u -r -N' to make patch to the linux kernel. (which
> is also a pain to re-compile every time you make a patch)
> 
> 	Here is my package.ex : 
> 
> -----------------
> *.o
> *.moc*
> *.lo
> *.la
> *.a
> .deps
> .libs
> Makefile
> Makefile.in
> examples
>       
> -----------------
> 
> 
> Thomas
> -- 
> Thomas Capricelli



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