Thanks for catching that. I really think we should just get those instructions out of there.

To fix git documentation, please file issues at http://drupal.org/project/git_dev

Thanks,
-Randy

On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Guillaume <guillaume@resist.ca> wrote:
This doc needs to be fixed then:
http://drupal.org/patch/create

It says to use:
diff -up path/to/file/example.module path/to/file/exampleNew.module >
mypatchname.patch

Which produces p0 patches :(.

G


On 04/11/2011 01:21 PM, Randy Fay wrote:
> I noticed in another thread that somebody suggested git diff --no-prefix
> for creating patches.
>
> Please don't do that any more. We've moved to standard git patches (git
> diff without the --no-prefix, meaning a patch -p1 patch).
>
> Testbot support for -p0 patches (--no-prefix) will be removed around the
> end of May. See http://groups.drupal.org/node/140204
>
> Some of you may have the --no-prefix stuff in your  .gitconfig. Please
> remove it from there as well.
>
> In the issue queues, please start to insist on rerolls for -p0 formatted
> patches (if they have no a/ and b/ in front of the filenames.
>
> Thanks for your cooperation.
>
> -Randy
>
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> Randy Fay
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