Re: Arbitrary hunk sizes for patch

[Alfie]

>> When modifying patch files, i'm getting a bit sick of counting lines
>> just
>> so I can modify hunk sizes to correctly apply a patch.
>
> FWIW, Emacs's diff-mode can do that for you.

Yeah, but so can a perl one-liner :)

Alfie


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Re: Arbitrary hunk sizes for patch

[Alfie]

>> When modifying patch files, i'm getting a bit sick of counting lines
>> just
>> so I can modify hunk sizes to correctly apply a patch.
>
> Wrong list.  You want to ask this on bug-patch (the address listed in
> 'patch --help').  However, 'git apply', which is very similar to patch,
> has already implemented this concept, in its --recount option, so it seems
> like a reasonable request.

Thanks Eric. Will cross posting.


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Arbitrary hunk sizes for patch

[Alfie]

Hi list,

When modifying patch files, i'm getting a bit sick of counting lines just
so I can modify hunk sizes to correctly apply a patch.

Then I noticed at the bottom of the man page for "patch":

  "Paul Eggert removed patch’s arbitrary limits"

Has that statement got anything to do with arbitrary hunk sizes? If so,
could this be reinstated but only turned on with a flag e.g. "-a or
--abitrary-size"

Alfie


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