The short story Patches must be submitted as a unified diff against the latest svn revision. Be sure to update your svn and resolve any merges before creating your patch.
Making the Patch
- Follow the Coding Guidelines when writing your code
- Unit tests, when possible please also include a unit test that can be used to check this bug and help with future regression testing
- From the base checkout directory svn diff > mypatch.patch
- Submit your patch to the Issue Tracker