From: Johannes Schindelin Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:32:06 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Add keyword unexpansion support to convert.c Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <7vps62lfbw.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> Hi, On Tue, 17 Apr 2007, Junio C Hamano wrote: > "Robin H. Johnson" writes: > > > As for a usage case: > > - J.PEBKAC.User gets a a tree (from a tarball or GIT, we should gain the > > same output) > > - Copies some file outside of the tree (the user is NOT smart enough, > > and resists all reasonable attempts at edumacation) > > - Modifies said file outside of tree. > > - Contacts maintainer with entire changed file. > > - User vanishes off the internet. > > > > The entire file he sent if it's CVS, contains a $Header$ that uniquely > > identifies the file (path and revision), and the maintainer can simply > > drop the file in, and 'cvs diff -r$OLDREV $FILE'. > > If it's git, the maintainer drops the file in, and does 'git diff > > $OLDSHA1 $FILE'. > > I personally hope that the maintainer drops such a non-patch > that originates from a PEBKAC. Me, too. Although people really believe strange things. When I asked such a guy on another list, if he could send me a patch instead of a complete file, he shouted loudly at me that patches were obsolete. Yes. Really. I begged to differ, but I guess he still believes that. Ciao, Dscho