On 01/11/13 01:40, Eric Blake wrote:
I've noticed a number of people sending patches with file
renames not compressed, so we might as well document how to
set this up. (Git won't do it by default, for back-compat
reasons)
* docs/hacking.html.in: Add git config tip.
* HACKING: Regenerate.
---
HACKING | 7 ++++++-
docs/hacking.html.in | 8 ++++++--
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
[...]
diff --git a/docs/hacking.html.in b/docs/hacking.html.in
index 17136f0..69520f0 100644
--- a/docs/hacking.html.in
+++ b/docs/hacking.html.in
@@ -9,8 +9,12 @@
<li>Discuss any large changes on the mailing list first. Post patches
early and listen to feedback.</li>
- <li><p>Post patches in unified diff format. A command similar to this
- should work:</p>
+ <li><p>Post patches in unified diff format, with git rename
+ detection enabled. You need a one-time setup of:</p>
+<pre>
+ git config diff.renames true
+</pre>
+ <p>After that, a command similar to this should work:</p>
<pre>
diff -urp libvirt.orig/ libvirt.modified/ > libvirt-myfeature.patch
</pre>
It might also be beneficial to instruct the users to use the patience
algorithm for diffs (especially when moving chunks of code around). But
the issue with that is that it can't be enabled in the config (well
apart from using an alias).
ACK as is.
Peter
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