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authorScott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>2012-02-15 17:48:51 -0600
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2012-03-08 12:07:56 -0800
commit797fabdbab6f22d095000a3592671382705fd4b6 (patch)
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parent70848f308dfca814cf152c413ba66fe9f0381c64 (diff)
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documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml: Edits
Applied some edits of Paul Eggleton's. (From yocto-docs rev: ef5a82d429480c3820db93f0b7207d7e470454af) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index 327289b..be639f7 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -843,14 +843,16 @@ so that there are some definite steps on how to do this. I need more detail her
<para>
Before modifying source code, it is important to notify Quilt so it can track the changes
- into the new patch file:
+ into a new patch file.
+ To create a new patch, use <filename>quilt new</filename> as below:
<literallayout class='monospaced'>
$ quilt new NAME-OF-PATCH.patch
</literallayout>
</para>
<para>
- After notifying Quilt, add all modified files into that patch:
+ After creating the patch, add all the files you will be modifying into that patch
+ as follows:
<literallayout class='monospaced'>
$ quilt add file1 file2 file3
</literallayout>
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