Quote from: ajayre at Sep 28, 2006, 05:05 PM
Ah, what I meant was - is there a way can I use a tool like diff to create a custom patch which I then apply and be reasonably sure nothing was missed. I’m not familiar with patching, etc. so I’m just looking for pointers, not for support for my specific modifications from anyone else. 
Andy
Patching is useful when there are small changes to specific files, and in most cases between 0.9.2 and 0.9.5, you would be able to use a merge tool (I use TortoiseMerge on WinXP, part of the TortoiseSVN package) to visually compare such files with your modified version, though even that can get tricky, depending on what kind of changes are made. But the fact is that as MODx evolves, filenames and locations are likely going to change significantly, and in the case of the 1.0 code base specifically, which has been 100% rewritten from scratch, there’s not a tool in the world that’s going to help you identify the diffs.
This is why IMO, it’s important for users that decide to hack open source software, often for very necessary and valid reasons, share what they’ve done with the community. More often than not, there are easy ways to accomplish the things people want to do without hacks, and they just don’t realize it, or it’s something that needs to be addressed in the core of the product which those close to it are unaware of.
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