[Gdal-dev] preferred diff format

[Frank Warmerdam]

Brian Claywell wrote:
> What's the preferred diff format for submitting patches? For example,
> I'm currently using context diffs with three lines of context, e.g.,
> 
> diff -rc3 /usr/src/gdal-1.4.0/frmts/hfa/ frmts/hfa/ > hfa-no-data.patch
> 
> Are unified diffs preferable? I'm pretty new to submitting patches to
> large projects.

Brian,

For what it's worth, I'm never sure how to prepare could diffs for patches
either.  I often patches I receive manually so context diffs with some
context sound good.

Best regards,
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