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Date:      Wed, 02 Jan 2008 16:42:57 +0000
From:      Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>
To:        Valerio Daelli <valerio.daelli@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Question about a patch
Message-ID:  <477BBF11.305@infracaninophile.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <27dbfc8c0801020815h942fc0cmf264ceabf0b02d46@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <27dbfc8c0801020815h942fc0cmf264ceabf0b02d46@mail.gmail.com>

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Valerio Daelli wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I am about to send a patch about a port. I would like to move a file
> of the port, located in the
> 'files/' directory. Basically the file now is called netdisco.sh.in
> and I would like to call it
> netdisco.in.
> If I use a normal 'diff -ruN' command to generate the patch, after I
> apply the patch
> the new file is created but the old file (netdisco.sh.in) is still
> there, with zero size.
> I wonder if I should generate a shar archive for this port instead of a patch.
> Sorry if this question is so simple.
>

Just send in the 'diff -Nur' output, but make a note in your PR
that the filename has been changed.  The committer will be able to
make it all right in CVS.

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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