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Re: [PATCH] Fix "apply --reverse" with regard to whitespace

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jul 8, 2007, 09:02 UTC
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Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:
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> "git apply" used to take check the whitespace in the wrong
> direction.
>
> Noticed by Daniel Barkalow.
>
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
> ---
>
> 	On Fri, 6 Jul 2007, Daniel Barkalow wrote:
>
> 	> If you apply in reverse a patch which adds junk (e.g., terminal
> 	> whitespace), it complains about the junk you're adding, even 
> 	> though (since it's in reverse) you're actually removing that 
> 	> junk.
>
> 	This fixes it.

Hmm. Does this cover the "trailing blank lines removal" as well?

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Message 3 of 4 in “Minor bug in git-apply's patch-cleaning”
  1. Daniel BarkalowJul 7, 2007
  2. Fix "apply --reverse" with regard to whitespaceJohannes Schindelin, Jul 7, 2007
  3. Junio C HamanoJul 8, 2007
  4. Johannes SchindelinJul 8, 2007

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