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Re: [Monotone-devel] "diff -p" default?
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Nathaniel Smith |
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Re: [Monotone-devel] "diff -p" default? |
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Thu, 13 Jul 2006 00:25:40 -0700 |
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On Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 03:38:38AM -0700, Nathaniel Smith wrote:
> Now that we have diff -p support on mainline, is there any reason we
> shouldn't make it the default?
[...]
> AFAIK it's still compatible with patch(1) and the various other tools
> out there.
FTR, I just checked patch(1), patchutils (interdiff/filterdiff),
diffstat, the library Bugzilla uses to read patches, trac's patch
display code, and emacs, and they all seem perfectly happy with -p
style patches. (We also have more traction to complain to the authors
of tools that break with this, since people often generate patches in
exactly this format using GNU diff -- this contrasts with our funny
patch headers, which we had to work on a bit to make compatible in
general.)
So, umm, given that no-one has raised any objections...
-- Nathaniel
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