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Re: [PATCH] Wait for git diff to finish in git difftool

From
Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 23, 2009, 07:33 UTC
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2009/4/23 Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>:
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> Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com> writes:
>> Frankly, I just always forget about it. The patches to my windows
>> repository are mostly just hacks to either make it pass test suite or
>> workaround another, the platforms specific, stupidity. Not sure anyone
>> is actually interested in them (because, I repeat, they mostly hurt
>> everyone else, while making the platforms port "a little working").
>
> What do you really mean?  These patches add maintenance burden but its
> benefit nobody would care about, and should not be applied?

Maintenance _and_ run-time. It is your decision, but yes, I kind of hate the idea of them being applied.

In plain words: please don't apply MY patches with words "Windows" or "Cygwin" in message body, unless I beg you to (and even then, consider me heavily drugged).

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Message 7 of 14 in “Wait for git diff to finish in git difftool”
  1. Wait for git diff to finish in git difftoolAlex Riesen, Apr 22, 2009
  2. David AguilarApr 22, 2009
  3. Alex RiesenApr 22, 2009
  4. Junio C HamanoApr 22, 2009
  5. Alex RiesenApr 22, 2009
  6. Junio C HamanoApr 23, 2009
  7. Alex RiesenApr 23, 2009
  8. Junio C HamanoApr 23, 2009
  9. Alex RiesenApr 23, 2009
  10. Sverre RabbelierApr 23, 2009
  11. Junio C HamanoApr 23, 2009
  12. Alex RiesenApr 23, 2009
  13. Alex RiesenApr 23, 2009
  14. Explain seemingly pointless use of system in difftoolAlex Riesen, Apr 23, 2009

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