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Tips for Making and Using Patches
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Use some common sense when making and using patches. For example,
when sending bug fixes to a program's maintainer, send several small
patches, one per independent subject, instead of one large,
harder-to-digest patch that covers all the subjects.
Here are some other things you should keep in mind if you are going
to distribute patches for updating a software package.
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* Tips for Patch Producers Advice for making patches.
* Tips for Patch Consumers Advice for using patches.
* Avoiding Common Mistakes Avoiding common mistakes when using `patch'.
* Generating Smaller Patches How to generate smaller patches.
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