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[PATCH] add -C[NUM] to git-am

From
MTMichael S. Tsirkin <mst@mellanox.co.il>
Date
Feb 7, 2007, 20:15 UTC
Message-ID
<20070207201511.GF12140@mellanox.co.il>

Add -C[NUM] to git-am so that patches can be applied even if context has changed a bit.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@mellanox.co.il>
---

I just had to apply a largish number of patches on a project that has evolved since, and I found the following to be useful.

What do others think.
diff --git a/Documentation/git-am.txt b/Documentation/git-am.txt
index aa4ce1d..f7d551e 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-am.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-am.txt
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ default.   You could use `--no-utf8` to override this.
 	This flag is passed to the `git-apply` program that applies
 	the patch.
 
+-C<n>::
+	This flag is passed to the `git-apply` program that applies
+	the patch.
+
 --interactive::
 	Run interactively, just like git-applymbox.
 
diff --git a/git-am.sh b/git-am.sh
index 1252f26..9a61234 100755
--- a/git-am.sh
+++ b/git-am.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2005, 2006 Junio C Hamano
 
 USAGE='[--signoff] [--dotest=<dir>] [--utf8 | --no-utf8] [--binary] [--3way]
-  [--interactive] [--whitespace=<option>] <mbox>...
+  [--interactive] [--whitespace=<option>] [-CNUM] <mbox>...
   or, when resuming [--skip | --resolved]'
 . git-sh-setup
 set_reflog_action am
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ It does not apply to blobs recorded in its index."
 }
 
 prec=4
-dotest=.dotest sign= utf8=t keep= skip= interactive= resolved= binary= ws= resolvemsg=
+dotest=.dotest sign= utf8=t keep= skip= interactive= resolved= binary= resolvemsg=
+git_apply_opt=
 
 while case "$#" in 0) break;; esac
 do
@@ -142,7 +143,10 @@ do
 	skip=t; shift ;;
 
 	--whitespace=*)
-	ws=$1; shift ;;
+	git_apply_opt="$git_apply_opt $1"; shift ;;
+
+	-C*)
+	git_apply_opt="$git_apply_opt $1"; shift ;;
 
 	--resolvemsg=*)
 	resolvemsg=$(echo "$1" | sed -e "s/^--resolvemsg=//"); shift ;;
@@ -394,7 +398,7 @@ do
 
 	case "$resolved" in
 	'')
-		git-apply $binary --index $ws "$dotest/patch"
+		git-apply $git_apply_opt $binary --index "$dotest/patch"
 		apply_status=$?
 		;;
 	t)
-- 
MST
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  1. add -C[NUM] to git-amMichael S. Tsirkin, Feb 7, 2007
  2. Junio C HamanoFeb 7, 2007
  3. Michael S. TsirkinFeb 7, 2007
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 8, 2007
  5. Jakub NarebskiFeb 8, 2007
  6. Michael S. TsirkinFeb 8, 2007
  7. Junio C HamanoFeb 8, 2007
  8. Johannes SchindelinFeb 7, 2007
  9. Jakub NarebskiFeb 7, 2007
  10. Johannes SchindelinFeb 8, 2007
  11. Junio C HamanoFeb 8, 2007

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