On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 4:35 PM, Paul Bolle <pebolle@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 2018-01-02 at 16:28 -0500, Josh Boyer wrote: >> So if you want to use git apply instead of patch, I have no objections >> that I can remember. It'll just require some extra work to make sure >> the git repo actually exists and that doesn't break other things. > > Git apply doesn't need a git repo. It is designed to be a patch replacement. Interesting. I wasn't aware of that. Seems odd? > (There's probably a lot of legacy stuff patch handles that "git apply" > doesn't, but no-one cares.) True, but I guess I wonder why they bothered designing a patch replacement to begin with. josh _______________________________________________ kernel mailing list -- kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to kernel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
