Re: [Monotone-devel] Perhaps strange request: partial per-file commit

[Brian May]

>>>>> "Alvaro" == Alvaro Herrera <address@hidden> writes:

    Alvaro> Yeah, what I do is save the full diff somewhere, get the partial 
diff
    Alvaro> with filterdiff, save it to a tmp file, revert all changes, apply 
the
    Alvaro> partial diff, commit, apply the full diff back.  Lather, rinse, 
repeat.
    Alvaro> It's truly cumbersome.  It would be awesome to have an easier way 
to do
    Alvaro> it, something like

My solution would be to check out the same revision of the tree
elsewhere, without the changes, and gradually copy&commit the changes
from the first tree to the second tree, with the aid of tools like
vimdiff (and another one I can't remember right now that will work on
directories).

That way you can also test each revision before you commit it and make
sure it meets required standards, compiles ok, etc.

Generally when I do this, I find I make minor tweaks and improvements
at the same time.

You also never need to touch the good working copy of the tree. Not
until you are satisfied with the job at least.

No need to hack around with diff files or guess line numbers either.
-- 
Brian May <address@hidden>