From: barnboy%trilobyte.net <>
Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2008 11:48:11 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Added blurb about unified diffs.
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X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=956f89ebd466d195218c8c5c52b1a069e909673e;p=thirdparty%2Fbugzilla.git

Added blurb about unified diffs.
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diff --git a/docs/en/xml/patches.xml b/docs/en/xml/patches.xml
index 5816009d37..b7f54e09ba 100644
--- a/docs/en/xml/patches.xml
+++ b/docs/en/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