Re: How can I download a git commit as a diff patch?

> On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 08:55:00AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:44:10 -0500 Andy wrote:
> > 
> > > I just want to down a particular git commit as a patch, not a git commit or
> > > anything.  Yes, I can see the diffs on the web, but unless I am missing
> > > something all are in unless html formats for me.  And cut and past from the
> > > web page does not help either because some lines get mangled.  Is there some
> > > site, or git itself, that would allow be to get the git commit as a simple
> > > patch?
> > 
> > Look at the commitdiff using the web interface, then click on "raw" near
> > the upper left corner.
> 
> Of course some git diff's are not in a format that patch will like as
> far as I can tell.
> 
> For example commit 6cdee2f96a97f6da26bd3759c3f8823332fbb438 which has
> stuff like:
> diff --cc drivers/net/ixp2000/ixpdev.c
> index 588b44d,92fb823..1272434
> --- a/drivers/net/ixp2000/ixpdev.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/ixp2000/ixpdev.c
> @@@ -67,9 -68,9 +68,9 @@@ static int ixpdev_xmit(struct sk_buff *
>         ip->tx_queue_entries++;
>         if (ip->tx_queue_entries == TX_BUF_COUNT_PER_CHAN)
>                 netif_stop_queue(dev);
> -       local_irq_enable();
> +       local_irq_restore(flags);
> 
>  -      return 0;
>  +      return NETDEV_TX_OK;
>   }
> 
> 
> 
> Ehm, what does that mean?  patch doesn't like it.
> 
> Do git merges cause weird diffs?
>