 | | | How to create a 'patch ' with full files? | How to create a 'patch ' with full files? 2005-07-30 - By Jussi Silvennoinen
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> I apologize for the OT, but I didn't know any other place to send this
> message to.
>
> I am looking into an automated way to create a 'patch' including
> *only* the modified files, instead of the usual diff output, on Linux
> and Mac OS X.
>
> Let me make an example.
>
> I developed a web application.
>
> The production server is out of my control and the only way to apply
> changes to the web application is to send a tar archive containing
> *only* the modified files to the system administrator.
>
> So, when I need to apply some changes to the web application, I copy
> all the files (preserving the directory structure) to a new directory
> and edit the files.
>
> When I am finished with the modifications, I issue a recursive "diff"
> to get a list of the modified files, e.g.:
>
> # diff -q -r rev0 rev1
> Files rev0/subdir/license.txt and rev1/subdir/license.txt differ
> Files rev0/test.txt and rev1/test.txt differ
What was wrong with this answer?
http://www.redhat.com/archives/nahant-list/2005-July/msg00293.html
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