INN FAQ merged into INN Subversion repository

John F. Morse inn at xanadu-bbs.net
Wed Mar 18 20:18:13 UTC 2009


Russ Allbery wrote:
> "John F. Morse" <inn at xanadu-bbs.net> writes:
> 
>> Where could I find the reference to understanding and using the syntax
>> of these changes, such as the lines:
> 
> It's called a unified diff.  The best description of the format that I can
> find is at:
> 
>     http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=164293
> 
> Pretty much all version control systems, including Subversion, can
> generate it, as can the UNIX utility "diff".  The utility "patch" will
> apply a diff file to a file, modifying it as described in the diff.
> 


That is a start -- knowing what it is called. ;-)

I'll do some digging.

Thank you, Russ.


-- 
John



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