RE: cvs does not support adding files locally (to allow a diff et c)

[Jim.Hyslop]

J. Grant wrote:
> For instance, I wish to add 
> "myheader.h" to
> the project. I do this in my local copy adding #include "myheader.h".
> now I want to submit a patch with my changes, so I do:
> 
>   "cvs diff -u >mychanges.patch".
> 
> As the cvs server is unaware of "myheader.h" and any other 
> files I have
> locally added it thus does not include it in the 
> "mychanges.patch" file.
Ah, I see what you mean. I've been trying to think of a way to get around
this. cvs says diff's -N flag is supposed to treat non-existent files as
empty, but it doesn't seem to be working as advertised.


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Jim Hyslop
Senior Software Designer
Leitch Technology International Inc. (http://www.leitch.com)
Columnist, C/C++ Users Journal (http://www.cuj.com/experts)