"Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > As for a usage case: > - J.PEBKAC.User gets a a tree (from a tarball or GIT, we should gain the > same output) > - Copies some file outside of the tree (the user is NOT smart enough, > and resists all reasonable attempts at edumacation) > - Modifies said file outside of tree. > - Contacts maintainer with entire changed file. > - User vanishes off the internet. > > The entire file he sent if it's CVS, contains a $Header$ that uniquely > identifies the file (path and revision), and the maintainer can simply > drop the file in, and 'cvs diff -r$OLDREV $FILE'. > If it's git, the maintainer drops the file in, and does 'git diff > $OLDSHA1 $FILE'. I personally hope that the maintainer drops such a non-patch that originates from a PEBKAC. At least I hope the tools that I personally use are not maintained by such a maintainer ;-) - 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