kaeru :

hi, i noticed your article on creating and applying patches. it looks helpful. one issue though: the output you show isn't a unified diff.

the output i get for your example is:

--- db.py       2004-05-20 05:46:43.000000000 -0400
+++ db-mod.py   2004-05-20 05:46:53.000000000 -0400
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-        from pyPgSQL import PgSQL
+       from pyPgSQL import PgSQL
  
         ## note this code is for demo only, don't follow it :)
  
         def initialize():
             try:
                 db = PgSQL.connect (host='localhost',database='test',user='kaeru')
-            except connectionFailed:
-                print "This is a useless exception message and won't help you."-            return db
+                return db
+            except StandardError, detail:
+                print detail
  
         def getPlayers():
             db = initialize()

the unified meaning that both the added and removed sections are shown in the single listing.

unless i'm missing something.

you might consider expanding a bit on the -p option if you have time, since it gets a good amount of use.

thanks for the article; it's always good to have links to give folks on basic skills sorts of things.