On Sun, 25 Jan 2026 at 03:53, Collin Funk <[email protected]> wrote:
> However, I noticed that the suggestion into the manual is to use > 'diff -c'. I assume this was written in the CVS days, since git users > will be much more accustomed used to 'diff -u'. > > How about we suggest 'git format-patch' instead? For most projects which > use 'git' that is the common way to do things. It is nice for > maintainers since it preserves authorship when applying with 'git am'. Thanks, I like this patch. Makes sense since we're using git to use its tools, and I guess that will apply to most GNU projects these days. Please install the patch! -- Web: rrt.sc3d.org
