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Markdown
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Files in this directory are applied directly to the tree before any other
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patches.
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These patches are always applied directly from the root of the repository.
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"$basedir"
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This allows us to fix malformed patch files and other changes from upstream.
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This is not intended to replace any other system and should not be used in
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place of the existing specific patch directories.
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Documentation is intentionally sparse to avoid being misused.
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`diff -ruN originalfile changedfile`
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See the man pages on diff and patch.
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