[Python-checkins] devguide: Specify patches should be from the top-level directory.

[brett.cannon]

brett.cannon pushed 32b6edf7dda3 to devguide:

http://hg.python.org/devguide/rev/32b6edf7dda3
changeset:   34:32b6edf7dda3
user:        Brett Cannon <brett at python.org>
date:        Thu Jan 06 11:54:50 2011 -0800
summary:
  Specify patches should be from the top-level directory.

files:
  patch.rst

diff --git a/patch.rst b/patch.rst
--- a/patch.rst
+++ b/patch.rst
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@
 This will make sure extraneous whitespace has been removed from your patch,
 etc.
 
-To create your patch, you should generate a unified diff::
+To create your patch, you should generate a unified diff from your checkout's
+top-level directory::
 
     svn diff > patch.diff
 

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Repository URL: http://hg.python.org/devguide