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How to make patch files to contribute to contributed modules
Key words and phrases:
create patches for drupal modules
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drupal make a patch
Description & Info:
These instructions assume a GNU-Linux, Mac OS X, or other UNIX-y computing environment.
Follow these instructions:
http://drupal.org/patch/create
However, if you are making a patch for a contributed module rather than Drupal core, going to the Drupal root directory doesn't make sense.
