Ian, I think it's faster and more foolproof to just generate the
patches with svn's diff command. That means doing whatever you can do
to get your changes from your git repo to a local svn wc will allow
you to do the diff. I had the same issue with mercurial and relied on
hgsvn to do this.

davep

On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 3:02 PM, Ian Boston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Question as a git user, also generating patches that others might want to
> check.
>
> Is there a way of generating svn patches using git, or do we have to hand
> edit the git patches to match
> patch -p0  < patchfile
>
> git-svn doesnt have a diff option, probably because git is patch based
> system.
>
>
> ( I am happy to try patch -p1 if patch -p0 doesn't work, but I want to what
> generates least work for everyone, but I don't really want to have to go
> searching the tree much for the diff root more than that)
>
> Ian
>
>
> On 25 Jul 2008, at 16:40, Cassie wrote:
>
>> Yup - the patch you generated has git stuff in it, so I'm guessing thats
>> why
>> it works for you.
>> I put the details of how to generate non git patches on your first jira
>> issue but you can also find the info here:
>>
>> http://incubator.apache.org/shindig/#creatingPatches
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> - Cassie
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 8:48 AM, Nicolaas Matthijs <
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Cassie,
>>> I just tried to apply my patch on a clean svn checkout, and it works if
>>> you
>>> use
>>> patch -p1 < "mypatch". This probably happens because I'm using git.
>>>
>>> Should I be adjusting my patches?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Nicolaas
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 4:05 PM, Cassie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Nicolass - improving the sample container to be more "real" is
>>>> definitely
>>>> on
>>>> our list of things to do. Like Ropu mentioned we also want to add social
>>>> based features, but I think adding things like drag and drop and real
>>>
>>> prefs
>>>>
>>>> etc is also a great place to start.
>>>>
>>>> I definitely don't think the code should go all into the same file :)
>>>> but
>>>> using the samplecontainer directory for all of the code makes sense.
>>>>
>>>> As for your patches, I was going to get those in today but they are in a
>>>> slightly incorrect format. ie patch -p0 < "your patch file" doesn't
>>>> work.
>>>
>>> I
>>>>
>>>> updated the first jira issue with some quick instructions. Once you
>>>
>>> follow
>>>>
>>>> those then hopefully I'll be able to patch away!
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your help.
>>>> - Cassie
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 7:24 AM, Ropu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hte issue with that is that iGoogle is a Gadget render, and is not
>>>
>>> using
>>>>>
>>>>> the
>>>>> social layer of opensocial
>>>>>
>>>>> so for that you will need to add friends, activities, persistence
>>>
>>> layer.
>>>>>
>>>>> so it should be more like a orkuy or hi5 that iGoogle.
>>>>>
>>>>> still we have the partuza, a simple social network that has all the
>>>>
>>>> social
>>>>>
>>>>> stuff ready to work with shindig
>>>>>
>>>>> the only thing is that is coded in PHP  :D
>>>>>
>>>>> hope this helps
>>>>>
>>>>> ropu
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 10:56 AM, Nicolaas Matthijs <
>>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>> I would like to introduce an iGoogle like portal into Shindig, which
>>>>>
>>>>> allows
>>>>>>
>>>>>> you to add multiple widgets in different columns and which allows
>>>>>> to drag them around with the state being saved in a cookie. I would
>>>>
>>>> like
>>>>>
>>>>> to
>>>>>>
>>>>>> do this for 2 reasons:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1) I've seen several requests for this type of functionality passing
>>>
>>> on
>>>>>
>>>>> the
>>>>>>
>>>>>> list
>>>>>> 2) I think it might increase uptake of Shindig if people can see what
>>>>
>>>> can
>>>>>>
>>>>>> be achieved with it
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So my first question is whether you think this is a good idea. My
>>>>
>>>> second
>>>>>>
>>>>>> question is where you
>>>>>> think this should go. Should it go as a (big) modification to the
>>>>>> samplecontainer, which is perfectly
>>>>>> possible, or should it go in as a separate file in examples?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> P.S.: I've done 3 patches for the samplecontainer already. How long
>>>>
>>>> does
>>>>>
>>>>> it
>>>>>>
>>>>>> normally take
>>>>>> to get an evaluation of those?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>>>> Nicolaas
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> .-. --- .--. ..-
>>>>> R o p u
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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