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Re: [PATCH - stgit] Patch to allow import of compressed files

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Karl Hasselström <kha@treskal.com>
Date
Jun 10, 2008, 09:53 UTC
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On 2008-06-10 10:07:25 +0200, Sverre Rabbelier wrote:
> How about adding in '.tar' decompression as well, -after- the '.gz'
> decompression? That way you can have .tar.gz's and still be fine.

A tar file would presumably contain more than one patch -- it'd be more like a directory of patches than a single patch file.

I'm not saying it wouldn't be nice to support it, but it's not what the original poster needed, and building it would be a bunch of extra work.

-- 
Karl Hasselström, kha@treskal.com
      www.treskal.com/kalle
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  1. Patch to allow import of compressed filesClark Williams, Jun 9, 2008
  2. Karl HasselströmJun 10, 2008
  3. Asheesh LaroiaJun 10, 2008
  4. Sverre RabbelierJun 10, 2008
  5. Karl HasselströmJun 10, 2008
  6. Sverre RabbelierJun 10, 2008
  7. Karl HasselströmJun 10, 2008
  8. Sverre RabbelierJun 10, 2008
  9. Clark WilliamsJun 10, 2008
  10. Clark WilliamsJun 10, 2008
  11. Clark WilliamsJun 10, 2008
  12. Asheesh LaroiaJun 10, 2008
  13. Clark WilliamsJun 10, 2008
  14. Clark WilliamsJun 10, 2008
  15. Karl HasselströmJun 11, 2008
  16. Clark WilliamsJun 11, 2008
  17. Karl HasselströmJun 11, 2008
  18. David KågedalJun 19, 2008

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