# [PATCH] SubmittingPatches: Remove diff tool examples 2 messages from 2011-09-18 to 2011-09-19. Participants: Sverre Rabbelier, Ramkumar Ramachandra. Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/28424 ## Sverre Rabbelier, 2011-09-18 22:11 Subject: [PATCH] SubmittingPatches: Remove diff tool examples Message-ID: <1316383901-17580-1-git-send-email-srabbelier@gmail.com> URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/1316383901-17580-1-git-send-email-srabbelier%40gmail.com ``` Since Cogito is long deprecated, it is somewhat awkward to leave it as example. Removing Cogito leaves just git and StGit, which is a rather incomplete list of git diff tools available. Sidestep the problem of deciding what tools to mention by not mentioning any. Signed-off-by: Sverre Rabbelier --- This uses the subject Ramkumar suggested. Since the subject no longer references Cogito, I've added a reference to the reason for this removal as the first line of the description. Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 3 +-- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 938eccf..0dbf2c9 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -134,8 +134,7 @@ Another thing: NULL pointers shall be written as NULL, not as 0. (2) Generate your patch using git tools out of your commits. -git based diff tools (git, Cogito, and StGIT included) generate -unidiff which is the preferred format. +git based diff tools generate unidiff which is the preferred format. You do not have to be afraid to use -M option to "git diff" or "git format-patch", if your patch involves file renames. The -- 1.7.6.1.724.g9519c ``` ## Ramkumar Ramachandra, 2011-09-19 09:23 Subject: Re: [PATCH] SubmittingPatches: Remove diff tool examples Message-ID: URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/CALkWK0mp9%2BPod57XisrcCBAvgdeqv_-%3Dh2xSAYM%3Dgm21%2B3vT%2Bg%40mail.gmail.com In-Reply-To: <1316383901-17580-1-git-send-email-srabbelier@gmail.com> ``` Hi, Sverre Rabbelier writes: >  This uses the subject Ramkumar suggested. Since the subject no >  longer references Cogito, I've added a reference to the reason >  for this removal as the first line of the description. Too late: see v1.7.6.3~12. -- Ram ```