On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 09:11:27AM -0400, Dave Mielke wrote: > [quoted lines by Lee Maschmeyer on 2009/03/25 at 09:00 -0400] > > >>- Use the .patch or .diff or no extension at all, not .txt. > > > >Why? This is Linux, where filename extensions are next to ignored. > > It's just convention. For example, for those of us with way too many files > lying around, it's much easier to look for something like "*.patch".
Exactly, ls *.diff -1 && ls *.patch -1 or something. > > >One place where they are not ignored is Emacs, where using the .patch suffix > >results in the buffer's being read-only. This is not good as I have to > >remove a hunk that updates my Alva driver the way I want it. I doubt the > >driver's author would want to do it my way instead of his way. > > You can make the patch for just the file(s) you changed. For example: > > svn diff Tables/en-us-g2.ctb >brltty-limeade.patch You can indeed, I think this also works for the "revert" command, see the svn documentation for more details. > > -- > Dave Mielke | 2213 Fox Crescent | The Bible is the very Word of God. _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty
