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Re: [PATCH 3/3] git-cvsexportcommit.perl: git-apply no longer needs --binary

From
Michael Witten <mfwitten@mit.edu>
Date
Oct 16, 2007, 22:13 UTC
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<561D7B44-9EDE-447B-A751-BE6E3A3AD9CC@mit.edu>
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<200710162320.14917.robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com>
On 16 Oct 2007, at 5:20:14 PM, Robin Rosenberg wrote:
> So all this series does is... making it harder to follow the history?
If you follow the history solely on patches.
> Ack for removing the --binary, the rest is just noise
I think fixing the tabs is more important than removing --binary.

It's clear the the entropy of tabulation increases over time; the tab patch acts as a buffer to reconstruct a clean signal.

Michael Witten
Previous: Robin RosenbergNext: Johannes Schindelin
Message 7 of 13 in “git-cvsexportcommit.perl tabified”
  1. 1/3 git-cvsexportcommit.perl tabifiedMichael Witten, Oct 16, 2007
  2. 2/3 git-cvsexportcommit.perl tmpdir removedMichael Witten, Oct 16, 2007
  3. 3/3 git-cvsexportcommit.perl: git-apply no longer needs --binaryMichael Witten, Oct 16, 2007
  4. Johannes SchindelinOct 16, 2007
  5. Michael WittenOct 16, 2007
  6. Robin RosenbergOct 16, 2007
  7. Michael WittenOct 16, 2007
  8. Johannes SchindelinOct 16, 2007
  9. Michael WittenOct 16, 2007
  10. Shawn O. PearceOct 17, 2007
  11. Michael WittenOct 17, 2007
  12. Robin RosenbergOct 20, 2007
  13. Shawn O. PearceOct 17, 2007

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