Re: generating patches

[Derek Robert Price]

ppotter wrote:

> Hi.  I am trying to generate a set of patches for a set of files.  
>
> I retrieved the set of files from the sourceforge project and made 
> some modifications, which included adding completely new files.  
> When I tried to generate a patch listing with 
>
> cvs diff -RN 
>
> I got everything except the new files.  These were listed at the 
> top of the diff/patch list with '?' marks.  I then found out that 
> I have to cvs add these files.  My problem is that when I try to 
> add I get an error that says I need write access to the 
> repository.  I don't want to write to the "real" repository, just 
> my local copy so that I can generate a patch file.  How do I get 
> cvs to add only to my local copy?
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> TIA
>  

That's TODO item #200 in the TODO file from the top level of the CVS 
source distribution if you'd like to submit a patch.

The workaround is to add the line:

/<filename>/0/dummy timestamp//

to the CVS/Entries file under the directory containing the filename you 
wish to add, where `<filename>' is replaced with the name of the file to 
be added, of course.  If you'd like to submit a script which does the 
above, in lieu of patching CVS for the time being, I'd check that in too.

Derek

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