From: Alex Riesen Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:33:48 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] Wait for git diff to finish in git difftool Message-ID: <81b0412b0904230033n35f1117fmea4432a2f2140d25@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <7v4owgyp8x.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> 2009/4/23 Junio C Hamano : > Alex Riesen 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).