# [PATCH 1/2] Parse /top.old with id and when requesting diffs

2 messages from 2005-10-27 to 2005-10-27. Participants: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/2239

## Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso, 2005-10-27 08:56

Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Parse /top.old with id and when requesting diffs
Message-ID: <20051027085622.2482.22005.stgit@zion.home.lan>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20051027085622.2482.22005.stgit%40zion.home.lan

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From: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso <blaisorblade@yahoo.it>

Comparing a patch after and before a merge is very important, and looking into
.git/patches by hand is not the nicer way to do it.

Signed-off-by: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso <blaisorblade@yahoo.it>
---

 stgit/commands/common.py |    5 +++++
 stgit/stack.py           |    6 ++++++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/stgit/commands/common.py b/stgit/commands/common.py
--- a/stgit/commands/common.py
+++ b/stgit/commands/common.py
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ def git_id(string):
             return series.get_patch(patch_name).get_top()
         elif patch_id == 'bottom':
             return series.get_patch(patch_name).get_bottom()
+        # Note we can return None here.
+        elif patch_id == 'top.old':
+            return series.get_patch(patch_name).get_old_top()
+        elif patch_id == 'bottom.old':
+            return series.get_patch(patch_name).get_old_bottom()
 
     # base
     if patch_name == 'base' and len(string_list) == 1:
diff --git a/stgit/stack.py b/stgit/stack.py
--- a/stgit/stack.py
+++ b/stgit/stack.py
@@ -165,6 +165,9 @@ class Patch:
         elif os.path.isfile(fname):
             os.remove(fname)
 
+    def get_old_bottom(self):
+        return self.__get_field('bottom.old')
+
     def get_bottom(self):
         return self.__get_field('bottom')
 
@@ -177,6 +180,9 @@ class Patch:
                 self.__set_field('bottom.old', None)
         self.__set_field('bottom', string)
 
+    def get_old_top(self):
+        return self.__get_field('top.old')
+
     def get_top(self):
         return self.__get_field('top')
 

```

## Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso, 2005-10-27 08:56

Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Ask vim to avoid backup copies of .stgit.msg
Message-ID: <20051027085634.2482.34870.stgit@zion.home.lan>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/20051027085634.2482.34870.stgit%40zion.home.lan
In-Reply-To: <20051027085622.2482.22005.stgit@zion.home.lan>

```
From: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso <blaisorblade@yahoo.it>

Do this by adding nobackup to the modeline.

Signed-off-by: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso <blaisorblade@yahoo.it>
---

 stgit/stack.py |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/stgit/stack.py b/stgit/stack.py
--- a/stgit/stack.py
+++ b/stgit/stack.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def edit_file(series, string, comment, s
        git.diff([], series.get_patch(series.get_current()).get_bottom(), None, f)
 
     #Vim modeline must be near the end.
-    print >> f, __comment_prefix, 'vi: set textwidth=75 filetype=diff:'
+    print >> f, __comment_prefix, 'vi: set textwidth=75 filetype=diff nobackup:'
     f.close()
 
     # the editor

```
