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Re: [PATCH v3 0/3] Assorted improvements salvaged from an earlier series

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DSDragan Simic <dsimic@manjaro.org>
Date
Mar 25, 2024, 20:54 UTC
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On 2024-03-25 21:49, Eric Sunshine wrote:
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> On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 4:41 PM Dragan Simic <dsimic@manjaro.org> 
> wrote:
>> On 2024-03-25 21:39, Eric Sunshine wrote:
>> > Prose description of the changes between versions is very much welcome
>> > by reviewers, but please also include a range-diff[1] or interdiff[2]
>> > when preparing a reroll.
>> 
>> Ah, sorry, I didn't forget about that, but I just intended to start
>> providing range-diffs for future patches.  These were more like new
>> versions of old patches.
> 
> The range-diff is particularly valuable exactly for this case (new
> versions of old patches) since it is a "diff" between the old patches
> and the new patches. Thus, it provides reviewers with a precise
> summary of what changed between, say, v2 and v3 of a series, and
> manifests as a concrete representation of what your prose explanation
> describes.

I see, and I do understand the purpose of range-diffs: they make reviewing new patch versions significantly easier, by relieving the reviewers from the need to track down what has been changed in the current patch version.

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Message 8 of 10 in “Assorted improvements salvaged from an earlier series”
  1. 0/3 Assorted improvements salvaged from an earlier seriesDragan Simic, Mar 25, 2024
  2. 1/3 grep: perform some minor code and comment cleanupsDragan Simic, Mar 25, 2024
  3. 2/3 grep docs: describe --recurse-submodules further and improve formatting a bitDragan Simic, Mar 25, 2024
  4. 3/3 grep docs: describe --no-index further and improve formatting a bitDragan Simic, Mar 25, 2024
  5. Eric SunshineMar 25, 2024
  6. Dragan SimicMar 25, 2024
  7. Eric SunshineMar 25, 2024
  8. Dragan SimicMar 25, 2024
  9. Dragan SimicApr 6, 2024
  10. Eric SunshineApr 6, 2024

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