Re: [PATCH 0/1] pack-bitmap.c: avoid exposing absolute paths

From: Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com>
Date: Nov 3, 2022, 01:00 UTC
Message-ID: <Y2MSkttIGVVVInKy@nand.local>
In-Reply-To: <20221031131356.67007-1-dyroneteng@gmail.com>

On Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 09:13:56PM +0800, Teng Long wrote:

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> Taylor Blau <me@ttaylorr.com> writes:
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> > --- >8 ---
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> What does ">8" means?
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> It's like a Github internal patch between the ">8"
> and "<8" marks, right?

They are scissor marks. Tools like 'git am -c' will trim everything before a scissors line when applying patches.

I used them to deliniate between the patch contents (which can be applied) and the rest of my mail here (which can't).

> > For the general case of what ships in git.git, I *do* find this warning
> > ...
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> "ships in git.git" means as the git developers, right?

Kind of, but not entirely. I meant "what is in Junio's tree": so, what gets bundled by package maintainer, as well as the source that Git developer build from.

Thanks, Taylor