Re: Arbitrary hunk sizes for patch

2009-04-22 Thread Alfie
When modifying patch files, i'm getting a bit sick of counting lines just so I can modify hunk sizes to correctly apply a patch. Wrong list. You want to ask this on bug-patch (the address listed in 'patch --help'). However, 'git apply', which is very similar to patch, has already

Re: Arbitrary hunk sizes for patch

2009-04-22 Thread Alfie
When modifying patch files, i'm getting a bit sick of counting lines just so I can modify hunk sizes to correctly apply a patch. FWIW, Emacs's diff-mode can do that for you. Yeah, but so can a perl one-liner :) Alfie ___ Bug-coreutils mailing

Arbitrary hunk sizes for patch

2009-04-21 Thread Alfie
hunk sizes? If so, could this be reinstated but only turned on with a flag e.g. -a or --abitrary-size Alfie ___ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils