[LinuxBIOS] svn question

joe at smittys.pointclark.net joe at smittys.pointclark.net
Thu Jan 10 13:52:41 CET 2008


Quoting Robinson Tryon <bishop.robinson at gmail.com>:

> On Jan 9, 2008 9:59 PM,  <joe at smittys.pointclark.net> wrote:
>> Dumb question, but I can't seem to find any real good docs on svn. How
>> to I commit a patch to my local LinuxBIOSV2 copy??
>
> Do you want to commit something to a repository, or do you just want
> to patch your local checkout?
>
> To merge a patch into your local svn checkout you can use the 'patch'
> tool.  Check out the man page for specifics -- but you'll basically
> run something like:
>
>   patch /path/to/file /patch/to/patchfile.patch
>
> Here's a couple of examples: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/HOWTO_Patch
>
Thanks for the help. To be specific I want to test the fedora core 8  
patch. So I would just do a:

patch ../LinuxBIOSv2 /patch/to/patchfile.patch

because the patch was supposed to be created at the top of the LB tree?


Thanks - Joe




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