# HG changeset patch # User attila # Date 1146429373 0 # Node ID e20114911d052c25da60e0c89a90717d51b15b78 # Parent d604c7f2baba41b1c525ebea08da17ccfe1a1a77 10l creating patches from root dir is already mentioned in item 2. roll back previous commit and make the text from item 2 a seperate item diff -r d604c7f2baba -r e20114911d05 DOCS/tech/patches.txt --- a/DOCS/tech/patches.txt Sun Apr 30 20:32:01 2006 +0000 +++ b/DOCS/tech/patches.txt Sun Apr 30 20:36:13 2006 +0000 @@ -18,14 +18,11 @@ 2. Make unified diffs ('diff -Naur' or 'cvs diff -u'). Unified diffs can be applied easily with 'patch'. This is much harder with other diff types. - Create the diff from the root of the MPlayer source tree, this makes the + + 3. Create the diff from the root of the MPlayer source tree, this makes the diff easier to apply as it saves the step of changing to the correct directory. - 3. Patches shoud always be created from the project root directory. - This simplifies applying a patch without first searching for the - right directory. - 4. Test the functionality of your patch. We'll *refuse* it if it breaks something, even if it extends other features!