{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "FIXCVSDIFF",
    "section": "1",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/FIXCVSDIFF/1/json",
    "generated": "2026-06-03T02:41:56Z",
    "synopsis": "fixcvsdiff [-p] [-b] [file...]",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "fixcvsdiff - fix problematic diff files\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "fixcvsdiff [-p] [-b] [file...]\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "fixcvsdiff modifies diff files created from the cvs diff command, where files have been added\nor removed. CVS tends to create diff files that patch(1) mis-interprets. The diff file must\nretain the lines beginning with “Index:” in order for the correction to work.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "OPTIONS": {
            "content": "",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "-b",
                    "content": "Keep a .bak backup file.\n",
                    "flag": "-b"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-p",
                    "content": "Print out the cvs add and cvs remove commands that must be made after applying the diff,\nbut before running cvs commit.\n",
                    "flag": "-p"
                }
            ]
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "diff(1), patch(1), cvs(1)\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "AUTHORS": {
            "content": "Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com>\nPackage maintainer\n\nAmir Karger <karger@post.harvard.edu>\nAuthor of the original perl script and man page\n\nJohn Levon <moz@compsoc.man.ac.uk>\nAuthor of the original perl script and man page\n\n\n\npatchutils                                   7 Dec 2001                                FIXCVSDIFF(1)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "fixcvsdiff - fix problematic diff files",
    "flags": [
        {
            "flag": "-b",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Keep a .bak backup file."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-p",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "Print out the cvs add and cvs remove commands that must be made after applying the diff, but before running cvs commit."
        }
    ],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "diff",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/diff/1/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "patch",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/patch/1/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "cvs",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/cvs/1/json"
        }
    ]
}