On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 09:32:14PM +0000, Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason wrote:
> As an aside: Now where was that .gitdiffsort or whatever it was called > which would enable us to show sha1dc_git.h before nuking the contents > of sha1dc? :) diff.orderFile, I think. > It also occurs to me that it would be useful for patch formatting in > general to make all file removals go after file changes & additions. I wonder if that might run afoul of programs which try to apply patches in order. I think "git apply" is smart enough to apply all deletions (regardless of order) before any creations (so it cannot be fooled by adding "foo" followed by deleting "foo/bar"). So maybe it's fine. -Peff
