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ShaggyInjun
ShaggyInjun

Reputation: 2963

Include new files in hg diff patch

How can I add a new file to mercurial diff patch ? I can't seem to find any information in the man pages.

Upvotes: 5

Views: 2341

Answers (1)

Ned Deily
Ned Deily

Reputation: 85045

I'm not sure I fully understand your question but, if you are using Mercurial to generate a diff patch, the way to include new files you want to add to a repo is by marking the new files as part of the repo by using the hg add command and then doing the diff.

hg add newfile
hg diff > my.patch

Upvotes: 8

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