On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 02:26:43PM -0500, Alydis wrote: > I've tried something along these lines: > > git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 > cd linux-2.6 > git checkout -b mybranch v2.6.21 > git format-patch -o patches v2.6.21..v2.6.30 arch/powerpc/boot > git am -3 patches/* > > But, to my dismay, format-patch here tears apart the commits and > applies ONLY the hunks that apply to the arch/powerpc/boot directory. > What I'd much rather do is obtain a list of commits that apply to > arch/powerpc/boot; but, then apply the entire patch. By default, format-patch (and log, gitk, etc) when given a path limiter will also limit the diff shown. You can override it with --full-diff. -Peff -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html