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From: Dmitry Gutov <dmitry@gutov.dev>
To: "Alfred M. Szmidt" <ams@gnu.org>, 66212@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#66212: 30.0.50; C-x v v and vc-diff with fossil-scm
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2023 16:45:22 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87dfb6d0-fba4-6470-300c-2065e0d41061@gutov.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1ql77d-0004z6-EE@fencepost.gnu.org>

On 26/09/2023 15:25, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
> When trying to use C-x v v in a vc-diff buffer, and when the version
> control system is Fossil (this is using GNU patch):
> 
> Checking in foo...
> user-error: Patch failed: can't find file to patch at input line 5
> Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
> The text leading up to this was:
> --------------------------
> |Index: foo
> |==================================================================
> |--- foo
> |+++ foo
> --------------------------
> File to patch:
> Skip this patch? [y]
> Skipping patch.
> 1 out of 1 hunk ignored
> 
> 
> To reproduce, make a empty Fossil repostiroy, add and commit a file,
> add a line, C-x v =, C-x v v.  vc-fossil has to be installed.

Could you do some more investigation?

Is it just that 'patch' is unable to recognize the format of the diff 
file? Or is it launched from the wrong directory? With wrong arguments?





  reply	other threads:[~2023-09-26 13:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-09-26 12:25 bug#66212: 30.0.50; C-x v v and vc-diff with fossil-scm Alfred M. Szmidt
2023-09-26 13:45 ` Dmitry Gutov [this message]
2023-09-29  7:12 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-09-29 12:36   ` Alfred M. Szmidt

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