On Tue, Jul 11, 2006 at 03:38:38AM -0700, Nathaniel Smith wrote: > Now that we have diff -p support on mainline, is there any reason we > shouldn't make it the default? [...] > AFAIK it's still compatible with patch(1) and the various other tools > out there.
FTR, I just checked patch(1), patchutils (interdiff/filterdiff), diffstat, the library Bugzilla uses to read patches, trac's patch display code, and emacs, and they all seem perfectly happy with -p style patches. (We also have more traction to complain to the authors of tools that break with this, since people often generate patches in exactly this format using GNU diff -- this contrasts with our funny patch headers, which we had to work on a bit to make compatible in general.) So, umm, given that no-one has raised any objections... -- Nathaniel -- "Lull'd in the countless chambers of the brain, Our thoughts are link'd by many a hidden chain: Awake but one, and lo! what myriads rise! Each stamps its image as the other flies" -- Ann Ward Radcliffe, The Mysteries of Udolpho _______________________________________________ Monotone-devel mailing list Monotone-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/monotone-devel
