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 Tips for Making and Using Patches
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    Use some common sense when making and using patches.  For example,
 when sending bug fixes to a program's maintainer, send several small
 patches, one per independent subject, instead of one large,
 harder-to-digest patch that covers all the subjects.
 
    Here are some other things you should keep in mind if you are going
 to distribute patches for updating a software package.
 

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* Tips for Patch Producers    Advice for making patches.
* Tips for Patch Consumers    Advice for using patches.
* Avoiding Common Mistakes    Avoiding common mistakes when using `patch'.
* Generating Smaller Patches  How to generate smaller patches.
 

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