[MPlayer-dev-eng] Quick "cvs diff" question

[Frederick Bruckman]

On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, Arpi wrote:

> > I have made a modification to the MPlayer code that (among other things)
> > led to the creation of two new files.  What option do I give "cvs diff" so
> > that it will generate a patch file that includes the contents of the new
> > files (so that when you apply the patch, the new files will get generated
> > for you)?
> >
> > (I've tried -N and -P; neither worked for me.)
>
> cvs won't make diff for new files, you have to attach them to the mail along
> with the patch

"cvs -N diff" can make a patch for new files, but only after the new
files have been added with "cvs add". Unfortunately, you can't do that
with read-only access.

Frederick