changeset 28:f5ce861d6fcc

Fix description of quilt.
author Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@serpentine.com>
date Thu, 13 Jul 2006 14:58:31 -0700
parents 535e87792eb1
children cc1e6f1d7161
files en/mq.tex
diffstat 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/en/mq.tex	Wed Jul 12 00:14:52 2006 -0700
+++ b/en/mq.tex	Thu Jul 13 14:58:31 2006 -0700
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@
 large following among open source software developers.
 
 Quilt manages a \emph{stack of patches} on top of a directory tree.
-To begin, you tell quilt to manage a directory tree; it stores away
-the names and contents of all files in the tree.  To fix a bug, you
-create a new patch (using a single command), edit the files you need
-to fix, then ``refresh'' the patch.  
+To begin, you tell quilt to manage a directory tree, and tell it which
+files you want to manage; it stores away the names and contents of
+those files.  To fix a bug, you create a new patch (using a single
+command), edit the files you need to fix, then ``refresh'' the patch.
 
 The refresh step causes quilt to scan the directory tree; it updates
 the patch with all of the changes you have made.  You can create