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authorHugo van der Sanden <hv@crypt.org>2002-12-23 03:38:59 +0000
committerhv <hv@crypt.org>2002-12-23 03:38:59 +0000
commit44897049c7ce4054501bf4c45cf5cb8ee2f04dc9 (patch)
treef5df721130ea824083cd6081009b2412a499c89b /Porting
parente9bdcc27a1d9b3f31b4d8c3678dd1346910c9b4d (diff)
downloadperl-44897049c7ce4054501bf4c45cf5cb8ee2f04dc9.tar.gz
handy hint: getting a perforce change as a usable patch
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@18337
Diffstat (limited to 'Porting')
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diff --git a/Porting/repository.pod b/Porting/repository.pod
index 5f73179ed2..9b59bba6df 100644
--- a/Porting/repository.pod
+++ b/Porting/repository.pod
@@ -366,6 +366,9 @@ Other useful Perforce commands
Note: the output of "p4 describe" is not in proper diff format, use
the F<Porting/p4genpatch> to get a diff-compatible format.
+(Note that it may be easier to get one already prepared: grep
+L<perlhack> for APC, and append eg "/diffs/12345.gz" to one of the
+URLs to get a usable patch.)
% p4 diff -se ./... # have I modified something but forgotten
# to "p4 edit", easy faux pas with autogenerated