A few notes added in the manual regarding how to proceed in merges. Reference: /n/patches.lsub.org/patch/patchmanmerge Date: Sun Apr 15 12:21:32 CES 2012 Signed-off-by: nemo@lsub.org --- /sys/man/1/patch Sat Apr 14 02:27:02 2012 +++ /sys/man/1/patch Sun Apr 15 12:14:50 2012 @@ -151,6 +151,13 @@ .PP .I Patch/notify is run frequently close to the main distribution to notify by mail of patch creations. +.PP +If there are conflicts you can resolve them by manually updating your local files +as you please and then running +.IR patch/appied , +which declares the patch as applied. To update your local files you can refer to the +.BI /dist/patch/ patchname +directory which keeps the list of files affected as well as their old and new versions. .SH EXAMPLES Propose a change to .IR pwd ,