From: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: How to edit/modify patches using emacs?
Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 08:38:16 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87zmv5l253.fsf@tc-1-100.kawasaki.gol.ne.jp> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <mailman.4139.1115590433.2819.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> (Micha Feigin's message of "Mon, 9 May 2005 00:54:11 +0300")
Micha Feigin <michf@post.tau.ac.il> writes:
>> [A common reason to edit a patch is because it _won't_ apply otherwise:
>> you basically look at the patch to see why doesn't match the source,
>> edit the patch to test your guess, and if it then applies cleanly,
>> you've got a nice record in the edited patch.]
>
> In such cases I just prefer to apply the patch and fix the rejects, gives you a
> better overall view.
But that's the whole point -- certain hunks won't apply until you either
fix them to apply or fix the source so it can be "applied to"; I prefer
the former because it's generally easier to maintain a record of what
changed.
-Miles
--
`Life is a boundless sea of bitterness'
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-05-08 23:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-05-08 11:23 How to edit/modify patches using emacs? Andreas R.
2005-05-08 11:43 ` Peter Dyballa
2005-05-08 12:09 ` Miles Bader
2005-05-08 12:19 ` Reiner Steib
2005-05-08 13:42 ` Pascal Bourguignon
2005-05-08 14:45 ` Miles Bader
2005-05-08 21:54 ` Micha Feigin
[not found] ` <mailman.4139.1115590433.2819.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2005-05-08 23:38 ` Miles Bader [this message]
2005-05-09 19:52 ` Andreas R.
2005-05-09 20:48 ` Stefan Monnier
2005-05-09 22:38 ` Miles Bader
[not found] ` <mailman.4311.1115678467.2819.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2005-05-09 22:53 ` Stefan Monnier
2005-05-09 23:41 ` Miles Bader
2005-05-10 19:39 ` Alan Mackenzie
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