[Quilt-dev] Re: quilt

[Peter Braam]

A further requirement for quilt came up in a discussion today. 

We have seen several instances where 
 - patches were applied
 - the series file or some of the patches that are applied were updated in
   CVS. 

Often the developer has typed CVS update before popping all the patches. Quilt
could easily help.  A patch can change, in the series patches may be added,
removed or re-ordered.

 - when applying a patch 
    - warn if the patch is newer than current time
    - set mtime of the backup file to current time
    - set mtime of patched file to current time
 - when popping, "quilt check"
    - warn if patches are newer than backup file
    - if so use/suggest pop -f as the mechanism
    - warn if series file has changed
    - if so, use `quilt applied` for popping, not series file.

Looks like another tiny refinement where we can get a pretty optimal situation
easily.

- Peter -