# [RFC PATCH] Documentation: diff produces patches, which can be 'apply'd

1 messages from 2012-05-09 to 2012-05-09. Participants: Philip Oakley.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/30484

## Philip Oakley, 2012-05-09 13:17

Subject: [RFC PATCH] Documentation: diff produces patches, which can be 'apply'd
Message-ID: <18BB8318853C47BDB078EBC2CDE79D98@PhilipOakley>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/18BB8318853C47BDB078EBC2CDE79D98%40PhilipOakley

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This attached patch (my first) suggests a couple of small documenation changes for 'diff' based on Junio's supportive comments at
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/197282

The purpose of the patch is to make users aware of the apply command as a companion to diff.

If changing the NAME text is considered inappropriate, the same change could just as easily be applied to the start of the 
DESCRIPTION.

I haven't sorted out using 'send-mail' for patches yet, so I've attached it.
The patch was generated with "git format-patch -M" as per directions.
The patch was on top of tag v1.7.10.msysgit.0 from https://github.com/msysgit/git

Comments?

Philip

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