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@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ letters as they will only appear weird in some camps no matter what.
 
 Patches
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-Create a patch using 'cvs diff -ub'. 
+Create a patch using 'svn diff > mychanges.patch
 Trim your patches so they only contain relevant changes.
 
 Submit your patch to the project via our patch tracker: