Re: [PATCH] Add --patchdepth parameter to git-am.sh

From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date: Feb 7, 2007, 09:44 UTC
Message-ID: <eqc6ua$pc$1@sea.gmane.org>
In-Reply-To: <7vfy9ibcdx.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> Andy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> If the series of patches you are applying via git-am was based in a
>> different directory there was no way to strip the directory (as you
>> would with git-apply).
>>
>> This patch adds a --patchdepth option to git-am.sh whose argument is
>> passed as a "-p" option to git-apply.

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> 
> I do not understand this remark, as applypatch does not have -p
> either.  If we were to do this, I agree with others that this
> should simply be called -p (we do not have name crash with
> existing options, do we?).

Perhaps options should be -p as short version, and --patchdepth (or --strip as in GNU patch) as long version?

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Jakub Narebski
Warsaw, Poland
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