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Re: [PATCH] Resurrect diff-tree-helper -R

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Petr Baudis <pasky@ucw.cz>
Date
May 15, 2005, 09:30 UTC
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Dear diary, on Sun, May 15, 2005 at 08:25:46AM CEST, I got a letter where Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> told me that...

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> >>>>> "PB" == Petr Baudis <pasky@ucw.cz> writes:
> 
> >> Wait a minute.  Aren't we scanning starting from the first
> >> '---\n'?  Why does what's in commit message matter?
> 
> PB> Ok, that changes the whole situation. I'll take your patches as they are
> PB> now in that case. :-)
> 
> Shooooooooot.  Seriously.
> 
> I already am beginning to like "\n@. " very much; it is much
> less distracting then the "# mode: " thing, especially with the
> help from additional newline.

I'd argue that it is too little distracting this way. But what I dislike more is that the diff output is now visually inconsistent - some diffs are separated by a newline and some aren't.

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				Petr "Pasky" Baudis
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Message 20 of 25 in “Resurrect diff-tree-helper -R”
  1. Resurrect diff-tree-helper -RJunio C Hamano, May 1, 2005
  2. Linus TorvaldsMay 1, 2005
  3. Daniel JacobowitzMay 1, 2005
  4. Linus TorvaldsMay 1, 2005
  5. Junio C HamanoMay 1, 2005
  6. Linus TorvaldsMay 1, 2005
  7. Junio C HamanoMay 1, 2005
  8. Add git-apply-patch-script.Junio C Hamano, May 1, 2005
  9. Rework built-in diff to make its output more dense.Junio C Hamano, May 1, 2005
  10. Petr BaudisMay 13, 2005
  11. Junio C HamanoMay 13, 2005
  12. Junio C HamanoMay 13, 2005
  13. Petr BaudisMay 13, 2005
  14. Junio C HamanoMay 13, 2005
  15. Junio C HamanoMay 14, 2005
  16. Petr BaudisMay 14, 2005
  17. Junio C HamanoMay 14, 2005
  18. Petr BaudisMay 14, 2005
  19. Junio C HamanoMay 15, 2005
  20. Petr BaudisMay 15, 2005
  21. Junio C HamanoMay 15, 2005
  22. Tweak diff output further to make it a bit less distracting.Junio C Hamano, May 15, 2005
  23. Petr BaudisMay 14, 2005
  24. Junio C HamanoMay 14, 2005
  25. Junio C HamanoMay 13, 2005

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