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Selecting the `patch' Input Format
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   `patch' normally determines which `diff' format the patch file uses
by examining its contents.  For patch files that contain particularly
confusing leading text, you might need to use one of the following
options to force `patch' to interpret the patch file as a certain
format of diff.  The output formats listed here are the only ones that
`patch' can understand.

`-c'
`--context'
     context diff.

`-e'
`--ed'
     `ed' script.

`-n'
`--normal'
     normal diff.

`-u'
`--unified'
     unified diff.