Re: [PATCH 4/5] Full rework of quote_c_style and write_name_quoted.

From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Date: Sep 19, 2007, 08:28 UTC
Message-ID: <86r6kv2h64.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz>
In-Reply-To: <20070919082111.GB28205@artemis.corp>

Pierre Habouzit <madcoder@debian.org> writes:

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> On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 08:08:02AM +0000, Andreas Ericsson wrote:
>> Then perhaps a separate patch for this would have been prudent? I'm not
>> against the change per se and I understand the reasoning behind it, but
>> it seems to go against Documentation/SubmittingPatches (submit one change
>> at a time).
>
>   Yes, the thing is, I wrote it in one piece, and had a _very_ hard time
> splitting it. The aggregated patches had almost no chunks, and editing
> diffs by hand isn't what I like to do :)

Use Emacs for it.  After loading the patch in a file, type

Esc x diff-mode RET

If you now move to a place in the middle of a hunk and type C-c C-s, the hunk is split at that point into two hunks. C-c C-k kills the current hunk. C-x C-s saves the file, C-x C-c exits Emacs.

In that manner throwing selected material out of a patch is rather straightforward, even when it is in the middle of a hunk.

-- 
David Kastrup