[openib-general] pls correct openib_faq.txt (was Re: patches from subversion)

[Matt Leininger]

On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 17:02 +0200, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> Quoting r. Tom Duffy <tduffy at sun.com>:
> > > |   (or modify ~/.subversion/config: diff-cmd = ~/bin/mydiff)
> > 
> > This didn't work for me.  I needed to spell out the whole path to
> > "mydiff".  For some reason, I guess "~" was not be expanded properly.
> > 
> > Also, you have to put this line under the [helpers] section, which you
> > may need to create if it is not already in your .subversion/config.
> > 
> 
> 
> It just bit me on a new machine I was configuring.
> Please put the following in FAQ:
> 
> <CODE>
> It is preferred that patches are generated with the diff -up option.  
> Here is a sample command line: 
> svn diff --diff-cmd "/usr/bin/diff" -x -up FILENAME
> 
> or using a "mydiff" wrapper:
> 
> svn diff --diff-cmd $HOME/bin/mydiff
> or modify ~/.subversion/config by adding the following lines:
> ----------------------
> [helpers]
> diff-cmd = /<PATH-TO-mydiff>/mydiff
> 
> ----------------------
> where <PATH-TO-mydiff> should be replaced by the full path
> to $HOME/bin/mydiff, and where "$HOME/bin/mydiff" contains:
> #!/usr/bin/perl
> exec ("diff", "-up", at ARGV);
> 
> 
> </CODE>
> 
> (Please note an empty line is required at the end of the helpers section).
> Thanks,
> MST

  The OpenIB faq has been updated.  Please double-check it.

   Thanks,

	- Matt