Re: [PATCH v2] Do not show "diff --git" metainfo with --no-prefix
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> writes:
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> So I do not think it's true that "--no-prefix" (or --src/dst-prefix)
> necessarily implies "no-git" at all. It *can* do so, but it's not a given
> thing, and almost certainly isn't in the long run with submodule support.
>
> So it would be kind of sad if we mixed it up with the prefix decision,
> when it really is something totally separate. Many other SCM's may want a
> simple "-p1" patch (BK did, for example), and that doesn't make them
> particularly "git-like". And conversely, git itself will want more than a
> simple "-p1" patch for subproject handling.
Ok. That's a sensible argument.