quilt

I'm trying to create a new quilt patch with only one file added. Unfortunately the file seems to be ignored. I did quilt new some_patch and quilt add some_file . I can see the file in quilt files then, but when I refresh, I get back: Nothing in patch some_patch After I pop some_patch, the added file is not removed and nothing is actually saved into the patch (patch file is not created). What am I doing wrong here? You have to add the file to quilt first, before writing it. So that quilt can track the difference. If you add it after writing it, there is no change after that. Chad Miller Move

I have a project where I need to maintain changes to both the text and binary files. I have a couple of options: Use patches Use a versioning system like git or hg. For my purposes, patches are a better option if it was only text files. However, since there are images that might be replaced/added/deleted, which is the best way to go? Is there a clean diff/patch utility that can take care of binary differences as well (without me having to specify it is binary -- I should be able to diff the entire directory and not individual files, which I can't with bash's diff in binary mode) and use them

There is a git command called git-quiltimport . Its man pages says it "Applies a quilt patchset onto the current git branch, preserving the patch boundaries, patch order, and patch descriptions present in the quilt patchset." However, it doesn't define what a "quilt patchset" is. What is a "quilt patchset"? Quilt is a patch managing tool . The idea is that it makes it easier for you to maintain multiple, discrete sets of changes in a single source client, even if they touch the same files. The official site is sparse on details, but worth if you are thinking of using it. If you didn't use