patch::: 1.1.0.uu2.jcn1: fixjes

[lilypond.git] / Documentation / topdocs / PATCHES.yo

diff --git a/Documentation/topdocs/PATCHES.yo b/Documentation/topdocs/PATCHES.yo
index 87a328b11fd128f665e6f692808161ca0f0b13af..b08b7ea4287dce23799d54188addcca15bfcf9fa 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/topdocs/PATCHES.yo
+++ b/Documentation/topdocs/PATCHES.yo
@@ -40,10 +40,16 @@ verb(
 Then, from the top of Lily's source tree, type
 
 verb(
+    make dist
     make diff
 )
 
-which leaves your patch as file(./lilypond-0.1.73.jcn1.diff).
+which rolls the tarball file(../releases/lilypond-0.1.73.tar.gz)
+and leaves your patch as file(./lilypond-0.1.73.jcn1.diff).
+footnote('Make diff' generates a patch between two tarballs.  For 
+more info type 'make diff help=='.)  We assume that there is a tarball 
+file(lilypond-0.1.73.tar.gz) in the directory file(../releases).
+
 
 If you didn't configure Lily using --srcdir, you can do: