xdelta is a tool for making and applying patches.
xdelta in "make patch" mode will analyze the difference between two files and make an xdelta file containing the differences. It's useful for romhacking because it's usually the case that your changes are small and the dumped game file (ROM or ISO) is large.

First, be sure you have:
1) The original ROM or ISO
2) A version of the ROM or ISO you want to distribute
These are outside the scope of this tutorial.

Now, follow these steps:
1) Download xdelta
2) Put xdelta3.exe, the original ROM or ISO, and the modified ROM or ISO in a folder
3) Run xdelta. You have to fill in the names of your original, modified and patch files in the command below. From the command prompt:
xdelta3 -e -s old_file new_file delta_file

Now you need to distribute your patch file. This is outside the scope of this tutorial.

 

[HaloEffect17]

Nice simple tutorial. Thanks for this.

 

[omarrrio]

Nice tutorial, but, you gotta put some stuff for errors like this and ways to work around them

Spoiler

PS: Solution is to just use a .bat file to run your command for you.

 

[LittleSpuds]

on pizza tower playbale fake peppino mod its says paint cannot read this file and wont let me in the game