Re: [Quilt-dev] How to add a new file to a patch

[Randy Dunlap]

On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:49:24 +0100 Alex Hermann wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> 
> how do I add a new file to a patch?
> 
> The manpage only mentions adding existing files to a patch.
> "quilt add" doesn't work because the file does not exist yet, and calling it 
> after creation of the file has the unwanted effect of an empty patch...

Adding it before creating the new file works for me.
Why doesn't it work for you?  are there errors, messages?

I do:

$ quilt new this.patch
$ quilt add this.file
$ vim this.file
  <save file/exit vim>
$ quilt ref
$ quilt header
$ quilt diff


> Please cc me on replies.


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~Randy