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Re: git applymbox is too anal

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Sep 9, 2005, 01:03 UTC
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Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> writes:
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> So, the patch shows that there was another line at the end of the file,
> while in reality it isn't (this is due to me excluding a patch from the
> series that I'm applying due to other reasons.)
>
> Is this something that git can handle without me editing the patch by
> hand?  :)

Linus was quite strict about rejecting any fuzz, but I am sympathetic to the cause. I do not mind if somebody comes up with a patch to add '--fuzz' option to git-apply; we can try applying first without --fuzz and ask the user if he wants one from 'git applymbox' main loop when it fails.

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  3. Junio C HamanoSep 9, 2005
  4. Linus TorvaldsSep 9, 2005
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