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Re: Diffs "from" working directory

From
CMCatalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@gmail.com>
Date
Nov 21, 2005, 21:28 UTC
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<b0943d9e0511211328j7c062c07s@mail.gmail.com>
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On 21/11/05, Chuck Lever <cel@citi.umich.edu> wrote:
> J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> > A "-R" option to "stg diff" would be convenient, sure.--b.
>
> that might be an even more intuitive way to dig out what is wanted.

I also like the idea of having a -R option (--reverse the long version). This would mean reversing the commit that changed the diff -r option.

> btw, catalin, this was bruce's patch.  i'm not sure why i was listed as
> the author (probably a mistake of mine when i imported his patch into my
> repository).  ah well.
My import command sets the author to the e-mail sender, which was you.
Maybe this should be changed but I don't know which option is better.
In the meantime, you can change the default e-mail template to set the
From: line with to the author of the patch and maybe add a Reply-to:
with your address.

-- Catalin

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Message 5 of 12 in “Re: Diffs "from" working directory”
  1. J. Bruce FieldsNov 20, 2005
  2. Linus TorvaldsNov 20, 2005
  3. J. Bruce FieldsNov 20, 2005
  4. Chuck LeverNov 21, 2005
  5. Catalin MarinasNov 21, 2005
  6. Junio C HamanoNov 21, 2005
  7. Catalin MarinasNov 21, 2005
  8. Chuck LeverNov 22, 2005
  9. Linus TorvaldsNov 22, 2005
  10. Chuck LeverNov 22, 2005
  11. Linus TorvaldsNov 22, 2005
  12. Catalin MarinasNov 22, 2005

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