David Caldwell <[email protected]> writes: > Ben Finney <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Why does 'commit-patch' not affect the working tree? How is the > > revision related to others, then? > > The revision is potentially not related to the state of your working > tree at all. Most likely, though, the patch is a minor tweak on your > working directory changes.
Then I don't see why one would want it in the repository at all. > Here's a blog post about a possible use case, written a few years ago: > > <http://porkrind.org/missives/commit-patch-managing-your-mess> I'll have a look and see if that explains. Thank you. -- \ “The long-term solution to mountains of waste is not more | `\ landfill sites but fewer shopping centres.” —Clive Hamilton, | _o__) _Affluenza_, 2005 | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
