From: Johannes Sixt Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:54:58 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add format-patch option --no-name-prefix. Message-ID: <4767ED52.9010004@viscovery.net> In-Reply-To: <1197992574-3464-1-git-send-email-pascal@obry.net> Pascal Obry schrieb: > This option can be used to generate a patch file > where file names are relative to the Git root > directory. Such a patch can then be applied with > the standard patch tool using option -p0. While I've always wondered what the a/ and b/ prefixes were good for (and I still do), I also wonder what's so different between typing patch -p0 and patch -p1 that we need another diff option for it. Ok, on my keyboard 0 is typed with the right hand, and 1 with the left hand, but... ?? -- Hannes