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| author | Dan Gohman <gohman@apple.com> | 2010-08-04 16:07:22 +0000 |
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| committer | Dan Gohman <gohman@apple.com> | 2010-08-04 16:07:22 +0000 |
| commit | c1076ea611f21aa8b44d28bf2eac43a207c1922b (patch) | |
| tree | 744c157b834906b68c5e453027288985e46fbe31 /docs | |
| parent | b0495100f5b8cfe77a13113ccbb25cfc62041aa3 (diff) | |
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Delete mkpatch. Everything it does is already done by svn diff by default.
git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@110203 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8
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diff --git a/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html b/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html index 357c92956f..829860ccaa 100644 --- a/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html +++ b/docs/DeveloperPolicy.html @@ -107,18 +107,13 @@ patches may not apply correctly if the underlying code changes between the time the patch was created and the time it is applied.</li> - <li>Patches should be made with this command: -<div class="doc_code"> -<pre> -svn diff -</pre> -</div> - or with the utility <tt>utils/mkpatch</tt>, which makes it easy to read - the diff.</li> + <li>Patches should be made with <tt>svn diff</tt>, or similar. If you use + a different tool, make sure it uses the <tt>diff -u</tt> format and + that it doesn't contain clutter which makes it hard to read.</li> - <li>Patches should not include differences in generated code such as the code - generated by <tt>autoconf</tt> or <tt>tblgen</tt>. The - <tt>utils/mkpatch</tt> utility takes care of this for you.</li> + <li>If you are modifying generated files, such as the top-level + <tt>configure</tt> script, please separate out those changes into + a separate patch from the rest of your changes.</li> </ol> <p>When sending a patch to a mailing list, it is a good idea to send it as an |