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Re: git applymbox is too anal

From
Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Date
Sep 9, 2005, 17:07 UTC
Message-ID
<20050909170756.GB24894@kroah.com>
In-Reply-To
<Pine.LNX.4.58.0509081754150.3051@g5.osdl.org>
On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 05:58:18PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
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> 
> On Thu, 8 Sep 2005, Greg KH wrote:
> > 
> > Or am I missing some option to 'git applymbox' that I can't seem to
> > find?
> 
> No. git-apply wants an exact bit-for-bit match. Partly because fuzz is 
> hard, but mostly because I don't like it. I apply a _lot_ of patches, and 
> if a unforgiving "git-apply" works for me, it should work for you too.

Ok, as I've been using quilt to stage patches before they are ready to send to you, sometimes, when I build up the final tree, there are tiny fuzz issues. I'll just make sure to fix this up before running applymbox in the future.

thanks,
greg k-h
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  3. Junio C HamanoSep 9, 2005
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