From 300641c29004abd25d533ae1d4753985bd3ba77c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: saundersp <pierre.saundersgb@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 18:38:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] README.md : Added "Creating a Gentoo's patch" notes

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 README.md | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9dae6e3..e4b4393 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -225,3 +225,27 @@ e2fsck -f $FS
 resize2fs $FS $SIZE
 mount $FS $MOUNT_POINT
 ```
+
+## Creating a Gentoo's patch
+
+### Using diff
+
+```sh
+tar -xvf /var/cache/distfiles/package.tar.xz
+mv package a
+cp -r a b
+# Make your changes to b.
+diff -ur a b > /etc/portage/patches/example-category/example-packagename/my-patch.patch
+```
+
+### Using git
+
+```sh
+tar -xvf /var/cache/distfiles/package.tar.xz
+cd package
+git init
+git add .
+git commit -m "Initial commit"
+# Make your changes
+git diff > /etc/portage/patches/example-category/example-packagename/my-patch.patch
+```