The attached perl script (from the WebKit open source project) may help you.
I've used it before to apply a patch that included file removals and additions, and I guess a rename is pretty much a removal followed by an addition (expect that the history is preserved). Anyway, give it a whirl and see how you get on ... Cheers, Eoghan > -----Original Message----- > From: Soltysik, Seumas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 16 February 2007 19:06 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Creating/Applying patch with renamed files > > Hi, > As part of the changes I have made for CXF-427, I have > renamed a few existing files in CXF. However, when I created > a patch for these changes, [svn diff > patchfile] and then > tried to apply the patch to a local copy of CXF, the patch > fails when encountering the renamed files. > Any ideas how to deal with this situation? > Thanks, > Seumas >
