Re: [PATCH] git-add--interactive: manual hunk editing mode

From: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date: May 30, 2008, 10:46 UTC
Message-ID: <m3prr4135z.fsf@localhost.localdomain>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.1.00.0805301049000.13507@racer.site.net>

Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

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> -- snipsnap --
> [PATCH] WIP: allow git-apply to fix up the line counts
> 
> Sometimes, the easiest way to fix up a patch is to edit it directly, even
> adding or deleting lines.  Now, many people are not as divine as certain
> benevolent dictators as to update the hunk headers correctly at the first
> try.

Or do not use editor with diff editing mode, such as unidiff mode for GNU Emacs (and derivatives)... :-)

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Jakub Narebski
Poland
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