On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 02:08:23PM +0200, Anto wrote: > Another question is about generating the patch files to be added into > debian/patches directory. What I have been doing so far are the followings, > to get the patch files which look similar to the official patches: > > 1. Create "a" and "b" directory > > 2. Copy the files from the original source package including their directory > structures, into "a" and "b" directories > > If the file does not exist on the original sourcepackage, only generate > its directory structure on "a" directory and put the new file on "b" > directory under the same directory structure > > 3. Modify only the files on "b" directory > > 4. Run "git diff --no-prefix --no-index a/ b/ > <name of the patch>.patch" > > I am sure that is not the proper way to do it. So could you please let me > know how to properly build the patches, especially for off-line purpose so > no local and remote git repositories?
* The standard tool for Debian packages is "quilt", which needs a litle bit of setup to make it use debian/patches. You will need to "add" files that you want to edit *before* changing them. * git's default format is: --- a/ +++ b/ You do not need to do anything other than make sure that everything has been committed to git before you start editing; git will store the contents of the repository internally. HTH, Isaac Dunham _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
