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Diffstat (limited to 'contrib/patch/NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | contrib/patch/NEWS | 19 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/patch/NEWS b/contrib/patch/NEWS index de0f75727bf9..e984ba7bd4b9 100644 --- a/contrib/patch/NEWS +++ b/contrib/patch/NEWS @@ -3,7 +3,22 @@ Known problems: * The diffutils 2.7 documentation for `patch' is obsolete; this should be fixed in diffutils 2.8. Until then, see `patch --help' or `man patch'. -Change in version 2.4: +Changes in version 2.5: + +* Version control is now independent of whether backups are made. + The -V or --version-control option and the VERSION_CONTROL and + PATCH_VERSION_CONTROL environment variables no longer affect whether + backups are made; they affect only the names of the backup files. + +* When asking the user whether to reverse a patch, + the default answer is now `no' instead of `yes'. + +* `patch' can now recognize context diffs that have been encapsulated + by prepending "- " to lines beginning with "-" (as per Internet RFC 934). + +* `patch' now reports an error if the input contains garbage and no patches. + +Changes in version 2.4: * New options: -Z or --set-utc sets times of patched files, assuming diff uses UTC (GMT). @@ -90,7 +105,7 @@ Changes in version 2.2: --help --verbose -i FILE or --input=FILE - -y PREF or --basename-prefix=PREF + -Y PREF or --basename-prefix=PREF * patch is now quieter by default; use --verbose for the old chatty behavior. |