[dna-issues] [JBoss JIRA] Commented: (DNA-273) Define and document the official patch procedure

[Randall Hauch (JIRA)]

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Randall Hauch commented on DNA-273:
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We need to use only SVN-compatible patches so that any users (including those without Eclipse workspaces) can apply the patches.  (Although Eclipse can produce standard patch files for a project, it creates Eclipse-specific files when creating a patch from changes to multiple projects.)

Creating patches is very easy.  Let's assume we want to create a patch to capture local changes made against the latest revision of "trunk".  Simply go to the "trunk" folder in your local working area, and issue this command:  
     svn diff . > ~/DNA-000.patch
where "DNA-000" represents the JIRA issue number that describes the changes (and where the patch will be uploaded).  Note that the destination in the command creates the patch file in your home directory, but you could place it anywhere.  Also note that 'diff' ignores binary files, so any binary files need to be uploaded separately (http://www.igorexchange.com/node/89#creating_patches)

Now, someone else wants to apply the patch, so they download the patch file and apply the differences using the 'patch' utility:
    patch -p0 < ~/DNA-000.patch
The "-p0" option makes sure that all files can be found.

> Define and document the official patch procedure
> ------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: DNA-273
>                 URL: https://jira.jboss.org/jira/browse/DNA-273
>             Project: DNA
>          Issue Type: Task
>            Reporter: Randall Hauch
>             Fix For: 0.4
>
>
> We need to define our patch procedure so that it does not involve Eclipse patches, but rather uses standard patches that are compatible with SVN.  We then need to document this procedure in the Reference Guide.

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