[comp.emacs] How are diff files used to update the distribution

gnu@hoptoad.UUCP (01/27/87)

The 2.0 release of "patch" knows how to create new files; if you supply
a diff with an empty "old" file, and the file does not exist, it will
create it.  New release diffs from the FSF should use this method,
since it removes the manual step in applying the diff.
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