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Re: Creating CVS-style patch headers with git-diff

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DCDavid Chanters <david.chanters@googlemail.com>
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Jan 8, 2011, 15:35 UTC
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On 8 January 2011 15:21, Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
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> David Chanters <david.chanters@googlemail.com> writes:
>
>> Well, any one of those goals, really.  I just want to generate a patch
>> that CVS won't barf on
>
> What does "CVS won't barf" mean in this context?  CVS does not operate
> on patches.

Sorry about that, that's poor wording on my part. I don't mean "CVS won't barf" -- I meant that GNU Patch can still apply the patch without the meta-data referencing git still. I think though this "--no-prefix" option might just do it.

David
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  1. David ChantersJan 8, 2011
  2. Tomas CarneckyJan 8, 2011
  3. David ChantersJan 8, 2011
  4. Andreas SchwabJan 8, 2011
  5. David ChantersJan 8, 2011
  6. Tomas CarneckyJan 8, 2011
  7. Andreas SchwabJan 8, 2011
  8. Tomas CarneckyJan 8, 2011
  9. Robin RosenbergJan 8, 2011

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