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I think it's worth noting that patch does not typically exist on Windows systems, and that Windows is the dominant operating system amongst consumers (though maybe not repository administrators).<br />
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Richard<br />
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<span style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="font-size:12px">From: Stefan Sperling</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="font-size:12px">Sent: 10/31/11 08:12 PM</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="font-size:12px">To: Richard Cavell</span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Verdana"><span style="font-size:12px">Subject: Re: patch or svn patch</span></span></p>
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On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 05:53:35AM -0400, Richard Cavell wrote:
> In chapter 2, in the section entitled:
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> Examine the details of your local modifications
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> There is some text about the fact that the output of svn diff is compatible with the patch program. Now that svn has a patch subcommand, is it necessary to update this text to recommend the use of svn patch in some circumstances, or in all cases?
Yes. 'svn patch' should be preferred over a third-party patch
implementation in all cases.</pre>
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