Thanks for the pointer to that page.  Lot of good info there.  I'll post
follow-up questions after reading/digesting it.

On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 8:28 AM, Alexandru Badicioiu <
[email protected]> wrote:

> I think you are talking about hiding the "sausage making" (
> http://sethrobertson.github.io/GitBestPractices/#sausage)
> Probably there's no "automated" way or some magic tool that does this.
> Manageable and orthogonal diffs have to be produced by the developer.
>
>
>
> On 19 November 2014 16:15, Bill Fischofer <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Slightly off-topic, but relevant to ODP development and something we just
>> discussed in the arch hangout.  But this captures the problem I was trying
>> to articulate.  I'd appreciate thoughts and recommendations for best
>> practices as to how to deal with this.
>>
>> Say I have a repository with a master branch that consists of a set of
>> files with their own commit histories.
>>
>> Now assume that I'm given another set of files that differ from some
>> subset of the master files in varying ways.  How these files came to be is
>> not relevant to this question.
>>
>> If I do a diff between the master and the new files what I'd have is a
>> single patch that transforms the master files into new versions that
>> reflect the new files, however this patch may be too large to be
>> conveniently reviewed/digested.
>>
>> So the question is this.  How can I best reorganize this single large
>> patch into a series of orthogonal patches that can be submitted against the
>> master that combined produce the same results as the original giant patch?
>>
>> I believe this scenario captures the essence of the problem Ola and I
>> were trying to articulate.
>>
>> Thanks for any insights and tool suggestions for this.
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>
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