{"thread":{"id":"15529","subject":"Re: [PATCH] Optional shrinking of RCS keywords in git-p4","startedAt":"2008-09-15T06:31:33Z","lastAt":"2008-09-15T06:31:33Z","messageCount":1,"participants":["dhruva"],"isPatch":true,"patchVersion":1,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"90712","messageId":"888385.13417.qm@web95013.mail.in2.yahoo.com","threadId":"15529","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Re: [PATCH] Optional shrinking of RCS keywords in git-p4","fromName":"dhruva","fromEmail":"dhruva@ymail.com","sentAt":"2008-09-15T06:31:33Z","receivedAt":"2008-09-15T06:31:33Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"dhruva@ymail.com","avatar":null},"body":"Hello,\n\n\n\n----- Original Message ----\n> From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>\n> To: Dhruva Krishnamurthy <dhruva@ymail.com>\n> Cc: GIT SCM <git@vger.kernel.org>\n> Sent: Monday, 15 September, 2008 11:47:19 AM\n> Subject: Re: [PATCH] Optional shrinking of RCS keywords in git-p4\n> \n> Dhruva Krishnamurthy writes:\n> \n> > Modifying RCS keywords prevents submitting to p4 from git due to missing \n> hunks.\n> \n> Hmm.  How are \"missing hunks\" caused?  Do you mean:\n> \n> - the substituted values from the expanded keywords are stripped out by\n>    default (with kwstrip=True) when you check out from p4;\n> \n> - when you submit your changes back, p4 side expects you to send the file\n>    with keywords just as it originally expanded;\n> \n> and this causes the contents mismatch, leading p4 to reject your change?\n\nYes (you got my point ;), I have quite often stumbled in conveying things in a crisp manner (on going learning process)\n\n> The patch itself looks fine; I just wanted to make sure commit log\n> explains what was fixed.\n\n-dhruva\n\n\n\n      Unlimited freedom, unlimited storage. Get it now, on http://help.yahoo.com/l/in/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/tools/tools-08.html/\n"}]}