On 2014-12-12 11:42:57 -0500, Robert Haas wrote: > > I think the amount of effort a simple renamed directory which wholly > > contains a binary creates is acceptable. Just use patch -p4 instead of > > patch -p1... > > That is fine if you are manually applying a patch that touches only > that directory, but if the patch also touches other stuff then it's > not as simple.
I think backpatchable commits that touch individual binaries and other code at the same time are (and ought to be!) pretty rare. > And I don't know how well git cherry-pick will follow > the moves. Not well if the patch is done in master first. Greetings, Andres Freund -- Andres Freund http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
