On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 3:12 PM, Julius Baxter <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Franck Jullien
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 2013/8/12 Julius Baxter <[email protected]>:
>>> Oh, one more small thing - patches inline next time please ;)
>>>
>>
>> Well, I usually send patch using git send-email however, as it is a
>> svn diff I didn't want to paste it in my email.
>> I think it's easier to apply if you have it as an attachment. I could do 
>> both.
>
> Yeah, true, SVN doesn't have a nice send-email thing like git. I
> normally just copy paste it in (although, that did screw up a few
> patches, so maybe your method is best, but it's easier to comment on
> the patch if it's inline).
>

I also think Franck have a point here, it is easier to apply an
attached patch intended for SVN and people tend to screw up
line wraps, so it's a potential work overhead to force them inline.

I still prefer having them inline though, it's easier to read and
comment directly in the e-mail than to open a seperate
file (to not speak of the cr*p wp8 phone of mine, that asks if I
want to "download an app to handle this file format"
when I try to open a plain text-file patch attachment).

That all said, when *I* apply patches, what I really prefer is
to have the patches in git format (even when the main repo is
in SVN), commit message all ready, and no work overhead (I'm lazy, I know).
I'm using git as a SVN client anyway, so either way it'll end up as a
git commit.

So, bottom line, my 2 cents on the matter - for patches directed to SVN,
(properly wrapped) inline, plain text attachment or git formatted patches are
all fine by me.

Stefan
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