On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 05:43:23AM -0500, Josh Boyer wrote: > On Thu, 2006-06-01 at 15:28 -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 12:25:08AM +0200, Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer wrote: > > > This patch introduces a new QUILT_DIFF_A_B config variable to create > > > patches prefixed with a/ and b/ directories like git and mercurial does. > > > > Yeah, I've been wanting this for a while! Thanks for providing this. > > Just curious, but why? I have no problems with the patch, but I'm > failing to see why it's something people have been wanting.
I have a quilt tree that I apply at times against different base directories. Every time I run 'quilt push && quilt ref' to make sure no changes in the base directory cause the patchs to change, due to the directory name change, the patch is _always_ refreshed. Which is fine for now, but if you stick with a/ and b/ then I can focus on the main patch changes, not trivial directory name changes which force me to manually make sure there was a real change or not. Multiply that effort by 500+ patches in a quilt tree and it can be a real time saver... And it makes the patches look a bit more like those exported by the tools previously mentioned, always a nice thing. thanks, greg k-h _______________________________________________ Quilt-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/quilt-dev
