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NOTE : This file MUST exist because it is used as a place holder to find patch information files.  If this file is not shipped
with JIRA then no patch information will be able to be found.
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This is the read me file to explain patch information works in JIRA.

If a patch needs to be applied to JIRA then a file should be placed in WEB-INF/classes/patches that describes the patch.

The file name should be <issuekey>.patch and the contents of the file should be a short sharp description of the patch.

So for example imagine we had two patches applied, JRA-666 and JRA999.  We would have the following files next to this one :

    WEB-INF/classes/patches/JRA-666.patch
    WEB-INF/classes/patches/JRA-999.patch

And each file would contain a short description for the reason for the patch.

This information can then be used in the logging and system info pages to show any applied patches.

The patch-gen program will create these files for you automatically in the right place however you still need
to edit the patch file for a better description of the patch.