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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/devel/patchutils/DETAILS b/devel/patchutils/DETAILS index 5bf407cc90..853a593df9 100755 --- a/devel/patchutils/DETAILS +++ b/devel/patchutils/DETAILS @@ -13,14 +13,21 @@ SOURCE_DIRECTORY=$BUILD_DIRECTORY/$SPELL-$VERSION KEYWORDS="devel" SHORT='Patchutils is a small collection of programs that operate on patch files' cat << EOF -* Interdiff generates an incremental patch from two patches against a common source. - For example, if you have applied a pre-patch to a source tree, and wish to apply - another pre-patch (which is against the same original source tree), you can use - interdiff to generate the patch that you need to apply. You can also use this to +* Interdiff generates an incremental patch from two patches against a +common source. + For example, if you have applied a pre-patch to a source tree, and wish + to apply + another pre-patch (which is against the same original source tree), you + can use + interdiff to generate the patch that you need to apply. You can also use + this to review changes between two pre-patches. -* Combinediff generates a single patch from two incremental patches, allowing you - to merge patches together. The resulting patch file only alters each file once. -* Filterdiff will select the portions of a patch file that apply to files matching +* Combinediff generates a single patch from two incremental patches, +allowing you + to merge patches together. The resulting patch file only alters each + file once. +* Filterdiff will select the portions of a patch file that apply to files +matching (or, alternatively, not matching) a shell wildcard. * Fixcvsdiff is for correcting the output of 'cvs diff'. * Rediff corrects hand-edited patches, by comparing the original patch with the |