[Quilt-dev] Re: being nice to patch(1)

[David Kastrup]

Johannes Schindelin <address@hidden> writes:

> But maybe they would be willing to install git to get that wonderful
> git-apply program, and that wonderful rename-and-mode-aware
> git-diff, and the git-merge-file program, all of which can operate
> outside of a git repository. (Take that, hg!)

As long as git-diff lists all added files in a second non-git dirtree
as "/dev/null" when doing
git-diff --name-status -B -M -C dir1 dir2
its usefulness is limited.

git-diff --name-status -B -M -C dir1 dir2
D       dir1/auctex-11.84/CHANGES
D       dir1/auctex-11.84/COPYING
D       dir1/auctex-11.84/ChangeLog

[...]

D       dir1/auctex-11.84/preview/preview-latex.spec
D       dir1/auctex-11.84/preview/prv-emacs.el
D       dir1/auctex-11.84/preview/prv-install.el
D       dir1/auctex-11.84/tex-site.el.in
D       dir1/auctex-11.84/tex-wizard.el
A       /dev/null
A       /dev/null
R100    dir1/auctex-11.84/images/amstex.xpm     
dir2/etc/auctex/images/amstex.xpm
R100    dir1/auctex-11.84/images/bibtex.xpm     
dir2/etc/auctex/images/bibtex.xpm
R100    dir1/auctex-11.84/images/dropdown.xpm   
dir2/etc/auctex/images/dropdown.xpm

[...]

R100    dir1/auctex-11.84/images/viewdvi.xpm    
dir2/etc/auctex/images/viewdvi.xpm
R100    dir1/auctex-11.84/images/viewpdf.xpm    
dir2/etc/auctex/images/viewpdf.xpm
R100    dir1/auctex-11.84/images/viewps.xpm     
dir2/etc/auctex/images/viewps.xpm
A       /dev/null
A       /dev/null
A       /dev/null
A       /dev/null
A       /dev/null
A       /dev/null

and so on.

git --version
git version 1.5.2.2.565.gde09

-- 
David Kastrup