On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 2:13 AM, Shraddha Kamat <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-12-19 at 13:58 +0400, Lijo Antony wrote: > > On 12/19/2012 12:47 PM, Shraddha Kamat wrote: > > > Sorry if this is not relevant to kernel. But since I am > > > patching the kernel - Please consider this as a uber beginner > > > question to ask on this mailing list - forgive me for that. > > > > > > Now my question is - > > > > > > What "@@ -321,7 +321,8 @@" mean in this snippet from the patch - > > > > > > diff --git a/exec.h b/exec.h > > > index 722c620..6abb687 100644 > > > --- a/exec.h > > > +++ b/exec.h > > > @@ -321,7 +321,8 @@ static void acct_arg_size(struct linux_binprm > *bprm, > > > unsigned long pages); > > > > > > > > http://www.gnu.org/software/diffutils/manual/html_node/Detailed-Unified.html > > http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=164293 > > > > -lijo > > > But I don't see any mention of the "index" field here // > see line "index 722c620..6abb687 100644". What does this mean ? > > '722c620' is the commit id in which a/exec.h is part of and '6abb687' is the commit id in which b/exec.h is part of. 'a' and 'b' are not folders. Its just a notation that diff uses for left and right side. to know more on git look here: http://git-scm.com/book and git diff in particular look at the man page or search for "git diff" and you get a lot of links that explains it...
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