FIXCVSDIFF(1)

Name
fixcvsdiff - fix problematic diff files

Synopsis

fixcvsdiff [-p] [-b] [file...]

Description

fixcvsdiff modifies diff files created from the cvs diff command, where files have been added or removed. CVS tends to create diff files that patch(1) mis-interprets. The diff file must retain the lines beginning with “Index:” in order for the correction to work.

Options

-b
    Keep a .bak backup file.

-p
    Print out the cvs add and cvs remove commands that must be made after applying the diff, but before running cvs commit.

See also

diff(1), patch(1), cvs(1)

Authors

Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com>
    Package maintainer

Amir Karger <karger@post.harvard.edu>
    Author of the original perl script and man page

John Levon <moz@compsoc.man.ac.uk>
    Author of the original perl script and man page