{"thread":{"id":"30484","subject":"[RFC PATCH] Documentation: diff produces patches, which can be 'apply'd","startedAt":"2012-05-09T13:17:38Z","lastAt":"2012-05-09T13:17:38Z","messageCount":1,"participants":["Philip Oakley"],"isPatch":true,"patchVersion":1,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"191196","messageId":"18BB8318853C47BDB078EBC2CDE79D98@PhilipOakley","threadId":"30484","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"[RFC PATCH] Documentation: diff produces patches, which can be 'apply'd","fromName":"Philip Oakley","fromEmail":"philipoakley@iee.org","sentAt":"2012-05-09T13:17:38Z","receivedAt":"2012-05-09T13:17:38Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"philipoakley@iee.email","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/914343?v=4"},"body":"This attached patch (my first) suggests a couple of small documenation changes for 'diff' based on Junio's supportive comments at\nhttp://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/197282\n\nThe purpose of the patch is to make users aware of the apply command as a companion to diff.\n\nIf changing the NAME text is considered inappropriate, the same change could just as easily be applied to the start of the \nDESCRIPTION.\n\nI haven't sorted out using 'send-mail' for patches yet, so I've attached it.\nThe patch was generated with \"git format-patch -M\" as per directions.\nThe patch was on top of tag v1.7.10.msysgit.0 from https://github.com/msysgit/git\n\nComments?\n\nPhilip\n"}]}