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@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@ -This version of `patch' has many changes made by the Free Software Foundation. +This is GNU patch, which applies diff files to original files. + +This version of patch has many changes made by the Free Software Foundation. They add support for: * handling arbitrary binary data and large files * the unified context diff format that GNU diff can produce @@ -7,13 +9,20 @@ They add support for: * improved interaction with RCS and SCCS * the GNU conventions for option parsing and configuring and compilation. * better POSIX compliance -They also fix some bugs. See the NEWS and ChangeLog files for details. +They also fix some bugs. + +If you obtained this file as part of a "git clone", then see the +README-hacking file. If this file came to you as part of a tar archive, +then see the file INSTALL for compilation and installation instructions. + +See the file NEWS for a list of major changes in the current release. +A more detailed descripiton of all changes can be found in the file ChangeLog +in tar archives, and with "git log" which shows the version control history. Tutorial-style documentation for patch is included in the GNU Diffutils package; get GNU Diffutils 2.8 or later for up-to-date documentation for patch. -For GNU and Unix build and installation instructions, see the file INSTALL. Use `configure --disable-largefile' to disable large file support; this is reportedly necessary on Red Hat GNU/Linux 6.0 to avoid a C library bug. For MS-DOS using DJGPP tools, see the file pc/djgpp/README. |