redhat man page for fixcvsdiff

FIXCVSDIFF(1)															     FIXCVSDIFF(1)

NAME
       fixcvsdiff - fix problematic diff files

SYNOPSIS
       fixcvsdiff [-p] [-b] [file...]

DESCRIPTION
       fixcvsdiff  modifies  diff  files created from the cvs diff command, where files have been added or removed. CVS tends to create diff files
       that patch(1)mis-interprets. The diff file must retain the lines beginning with ``Index:'' in order for the correction to work.

OPTIONS
       -b     Keep a .bak backup file.

       -p     Print out the cvs add and cvs remove commands that must be made after applying the diff, but before running cvs commit.

SEE ALSO
       diff(1), patch(1), cvs(1)

AUTHORS
       Amir Karger <karger@post.harvard.edu>, John Levon <moz@compsoc.man.ac.uk>.
       Man page edited by John Levon <moz@compsoc.man.ac.uk>.

patchutils							    7 Dec 2001							     FIXCVSDIFF(1)