[Linux-disciples] patch(1)

[Dylan Thurston]

On Wed, Jul 05, 2006 at 10:49:45AM -0400, Adam Rosi-Kessel wrote:
> > One little question: what if the directories that we're
> > diffing have different numbers of slashes? How many slashes
> > do we cut out with '-p'?

According to the man patch, '-p' cuts out equal numbers of slashes from
both sets of file names.

> I can't fully parse your question as posed. Basically, you just need to
> match the root for your diff to your new root. If you are doing a recursive
> unified diff, everything in the old directory tree will start from the same
> "top level" depth; you just need to match that depth to your new directory
> tree.

As I understood Stephen's question, this is just what he was trying to
do: match the depths of the roots of the 'before' and 'after' trees.

It's usually most convenient to arrange to use '-p1'.

Peace,
	Dylan
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