Added blurb about unified diffs.

diff --git a/docs/sgml/patches.sgml b/docs/sgml/patches.sgml
index 5816009d3747862f27deba12d91d249a75499aff..b7f54e09bab0862d959a02ac6a268e8c7eba6739 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/sgml/patches.sgml
+++ b/docs/sgml/patches.sgml
@@ -389,6 +389,18 @@ else
          </para>
        </listitem>
 
+       <listitem>
+         <para>
+           Patch Format
+         </para>
+         <para>
+           All patches submitted for inclusion into Bugzilla should be in the form of a
+           <quote>unified diff</quote>.  This comes from using <quote>diff -u</quote>
+           instead of simply <quote>diff</quote> when creating your patch.  This will
+           result in quicker acceptance of the patch.
+         </para>
+       </listitem>
+
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Schema Changes

diff --git a/docs/xml/patches.xml b/docs/xml/patches.xml
index 5816009d3747862f27deba12d91d249a75499aff..b7f54e09bab0862d959a02ac6a268e8c7eba6739 100644 (file)
--- a/docs/xml/patches.xml
+++ b/docs/xml/patches.xml
@@ -389,6 +389,18 @@ else
          </para>
        </listitem>
 
+       <listitem>
+         <para>
+           Patch Format
+         </para>
+         <para>
+           All patches submitted for inclusion into Bugzilla should be in the form of a
+           <quote>unified diff</quote>.  This comes from using <quote>diff -u</quote>
+           instead of simply <quote>diff</quote> when creating your patch.  This will
+           result in quicker acceptance of the patch.
+         </para>
+       </listitem>
+
        <listitem>
          <para>
            Schema Changes