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Re: [PATCH 6/9] New option --ignore-whitespace for git-apply.

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Aug 28, 2005, 21:06 UTC
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Robert Fitzsimons <robfitz@273k.net> writes:
> Allow the user to force a patch to be applied even though there might
> be whitespace differences.  Added a test case for the new option.

It might be worth doing fuzz in general, but treating whitespace-only fuzz specially is a good idea, since they are usually more benign.

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Message 5 of 5 in “New option --ignore-whitespace for git-apply.”
  1. 6/9 New option --ignore-whitespace for git-apply.Robert Fitzsimons, Aug 28, 2005
  2. 7/9 New option --ignore-applied for git-apply.Robert Fitzsimons, Aug 28, 2005
  3. Linus TorvaldsAug 28, 2005
  4. A Large Angry SCMAug 28, 2005
  5. Junio C HamanoAug 28, 2005

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