how to add patch

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

In message <m2eibtd7aw.fsf at web.de>, Diez B. Roggisch wrote:

> My first attempt would be
> 
>   cd my_project
>   patch -p0 < the.patch
> 
> But it might not work, depending on how the patch was created.

If the OP can post some initial part of the patch (probably the first dozen 
lines should be ample), we can get a better idea of how to proceed.

Most patches follow the format of output from diff -u or diff -c; I think 
the former is slightly more common.