On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 7:46 PM, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 2013-07-24 at 10:24 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 10:16 AM, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> - "git apply" is actually also designed to be a *replacement* for >> "patch". In particular, you can use it outside a git repository, > > OK, this makes more sense. > >> exactly like you'd use the standard "patch" program. Except unlike the >> standard "patch" program, "git apply" doesn't accept fuzz by default >> (which to me is a huge deal - I hate how "patch" tries to apply stuff >> that clearly isn't valid any more) and also knows about things like >> file modes and renames etc. > >> That second part is something not enough people use, and when I make >> patches and tar-balls I still generate the old-style non-rename >> patches etc for that reason. But basically the command is designed to >> also be used in non-git environments, so the "standard usage" is very >> much not the "involve git details" behavior. > > I just find it funny to use git outside of a git environment. Perhaps > "git apply" should have another name? "pit"? alias pit="git apply"? Hmm, I never used "git apply". I more find myself using plain patch if "git am" doesn't want to take a patch due to the fuzz. Is there a fuzz parameter for "git am"? Is this "-C 2" or "-C 1"? >> Most "true git" workflows end up using "git am" (or, better yet, "git >> pull" etc) to apply patches, which obviously not only does the --index >> thing, but also applies the changelog etc. > > I'm still somewhat old school, and my workflow uses git + quilt a bit. I > do a bunch of changes, then I do: > > git diff > foo.patch > patch -p1 -R < foo.patch > quilt import foo.patch > rm foo.patch git commit -a > And save off those changes to another time. When I get back to the > patch, I do: > > quilt push > <make final fixes> > quilt refresh > quilt pop git commit -a --amend > git apply --index < patches/foo.patch > > Sometimes I just leave off the pop and apply to do a git commit -a, but > then when I do a quilt pop I need to do a "git reset --hard" to reset > things. Having the patch in quilt gives me a nice record of what I did, > instead of searching through git history. > > Note, I do know about git quiltimport, but my quilt queue contains lots > of debug patches and things that are still pending (I modify the series git rebase -i My git "queue" contains 85 commits, some of them are 4 years old. I commit almost everything I do, and rework it until it's ready for submission. > file a lot). What would help is to add an option to git quiltimport that > will limit the number of patches it imports. > > git quiltimport -c 1 vi series go to the first patch you don't want to apply dG :w CTRL-Z run quiltimpirt fg u :w I never regretted the move from quilt (+ git) to git. To me quilt feels like having the disadvantages of "git rebase", without having its advantages. The only feature from quilt I miss is the ability to put comments (mostly markers "for x.y", and separators and blank lines) in the series file. Managing the order of patches (and only that) in a quilt series file is still a bit more user-friendly than in a "git rebase -i" session. Guess I should start using "git commit --allow-empty" to add markers? Hmm, probably git will complain again and again about empty commits when rebasing? Andrew: Anything else why you're still using quilt? Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html