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Author: sin <[email protected]>
Date: Wed Apr 29 13:37:35 2015 +0200
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+Patches
+=======
+
+diff generation
+---------------
+For git users:
+
+ cd sic-directory
+ git diff > sic-X.Y-yourpatchname.diff
+
+For tarballs:
+
+ cd modified-sic-directory/..
+ diff -up original-sic-directory modified-sic-directory >
sic-X.Y-yourpatchname.diff
+
+where `X.Y` is an sic tag name or version number.
+
+
+patch application
+-----------------
+For git users:
+
+ cd sic-directory
+ git apply path/to/patch.diff
+
+For tarballs:
+
+ cd sic-directory
+ patch -p1 < path/to/patch.diff
