Creating patches with diff
From charlesreid1
Creating the Patch
Directories
$ diff -rupN dir1/ dir2/ > my_patch_file.patch
Files
$ diff -u file1 file2 > my_patch_file.patch
Applying the Patch
You may need to use the -p flag when invoking patch, which strips various levels of directories from the patch file's list of files to patch.
References
- 10-min guide to diff patch: http://jungels.net/articles/diff-patch-ten-minutes.html
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