Re: being nice to patch(1)

From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Date: Jul 3, 2007, 13:22 UTC
Message-ID: <86y7hxr591.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0707031303130.4071@racer.site>

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> But maybe they would be willing to install git to get that wonderful
> git-apply program, and that wonderful rename-and-mode-aware
> git-diff, and the git-merge-file program, all of which can operate
> outside of a git repository. (Take that, hg!)

As long as git-diff lists all added files in a second non-git dirtree as "/dev/null" when doing git-diff --name-status -B -M -C dir1 dir2 its usefulness is limited.

git-diff --name-status -B -M -C dir1 dir2 D dir1/auctex-11.84/CHANGES D dir1/auctex-11.84/COPYING D dir1/auctex-11.84/ChangeLog

[...]

D dir1/auctex-11.84/preview/preview-latex.spec D dir1/auctex-11.84/preview/prv-emacs.el D dir1/auctex-11.84/preview/prv-install.el D dir1/auctex-11.84/tex-site.el.in D dir1/auctex-11.84/tex-wizard.el A /dev/null A /dev/null R100 dir1/auctex-11.84/images/amstex.xpm dir2/etc/auctex/images/amstex.xpm R100 dir1/auctex-11.84/images/bibtex.xpm dir2/etc/auctex/images/bibtex.xpm R100 dir1/auctex-11.84/images/dropdown.xpm dir2/etc/auctex/images/dropdown.xpm

[...]

R100 dir1/auctex-11.84/images/viewdvi.xpm dir2/etc/auctex/images/viewdvi.xpm R100 dir1/auctex-11.84/images/viewpdf.xpm dir2/etc/auctex/images/viewpdf.xpm R100 dir1/auctex-11.84/images/viewps.xpm dir2/etc/auctex/images/viewps.xpm A /dev/null A /dev/null A /dev/null A /dev/null A /dev/null A /dev/null

and so on.

git --version git version 1.5.2.2.565.gde09

-- 
David Kastrup