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overview-manual: mention that patch files can be compressed

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Series overview-manual: mention that patch files can be compressed | expand

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Robert P. J. Day June 4, 2026, 8:45 a.m. UTC
Ensure the reader understands that patch files can be compressed.

Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>

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diff --git a/documentation/overview-manual/concepts.rst b/documentation/overview-manual/concepts.rst
index ec5babe4c..0c03c0a9b 100644
--- a/documentation/overview-manual/concepts.rst
+++ b/documentation/overview-manual/concepts.rst
@@ -741,7 +741,8 @@  and the :term:`FILESPATH` variable
 to locate applicable patch files.

 Default processing for patch files assumes the files have either
-``*.patch`` or ``*.diff`` file types. You can use :term:`SRC_URI` parameters
+``*.patch`` or ``*.diff`` file types (or a compressed form of those
+file types). You can use :term:`SRC_URI` parameters
 to change the way the build system recognizes patch files. See the
 :ref:`ref-tasks-patch` task for more
 information.