Jonathan Nieder <jrnie...@gmail.com> writes: >> So it seems most sensible to me if this is going to be supported that we >> go a bit beyond the call of duty and fake up the start of it, namely: >> >> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c >> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c >> >> To be: >> >> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c >> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c >> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c > > Right. We may want to handle diff.mnemonicPrefix as well.
I definitely think under the --stable option, we should pretend as if the canonical a/ vs b/ prefixes were given with the "diff --git" header, just like we try to reverse the effect of diff-orderfile, etc. I am unsure what the right behaviour under --unstable is, though.
