generating a patch

[Brian D]

--- Jason Clinton wrote:
> 
> Well, I've done it. I've downloaded the source and
> made my first set of
> modifications to an open source product and now the
> maintainer would
> like me to submit a patch back to him. Question is:
> how do I do that? :)
Nice work!

> 
> ... would you be insulted if 
> someone ... reformatted all
> the code to make it more readable?
Well, I always format my code in a particular way I
like it.
I often find myself reformatting code that I work on
when 
someone else wrote it, or code I inherit. I'd be
anooyed if someone reformatted my code extensively.
But that's just me.
I take my code with pride. Even when it is highly
obfuscated. 

My recommendation is to fix the code and then ask how
he feels about you sending him a diff with
reformatted/commented code.

Brian

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