Re: [HACKERS] Contributing

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Ross J(dot) Reedstrom" <reedstrm(at)wallace(dot)ece(dot)rice(dot)edu>
Cc: "Ansley, Michael" <Michael(dot)Ansley(at)intec(dot)co(dot)za>, "'pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org'" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Contributing
Date: 1999-07-16 17:22:49
Message-ID: 199907161722.NAA27674@candle.pha.pa.us
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> I think it depends on the level of changes you intend to implement
> (and your 'net access speed). If you just want to tweak some code,
> pulling the latest cvs, hacking it up, doing a 'cvs update' and resolve
> any conflicts, then doing 'cvs diff' will give you a nice patch to send
> in. (Any recomendations on parameters for cvs diff?)

pgcvs diff -c

>
> If your planning some major development, where you want to be able to
> hack and slash and not worry about losing your own changes, a local CVSup
> mirror may be preferable.

You can use our src/tools/make_diff tools to help.

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