: Also why is there a a - and a + sign used before the numbers. The - and + reference the two files being diffed, and match the upcoming patch lines which are preceded by - and +. In your case, the - file references the first file and the + references the second file in the diff.
: @@ -41,6 +41,8. This means that starting at line 41, six lines are to be replaced by 8 lines. The detail is in the following lines. Lines with - are to be removed, lines with + are to be added, and other lines remain the same. Regards, Greg
