Re: [PATCH] Add --src/dst-prefix to git-formt-patch in git-rebase.sh

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Oded Shimon <ods15@ods15.dyndns.org> writes:

> For the case of "diff.noprefix" in git-config, git-format-patch should
> still output diff with standard prefixes for git-am
>
> Signed-off-by: Oded Shimon <ods15@ods15.dyndns.org>

Hmm.

> diff --git a/git-rebase.sh b/git-rebase.sh
> index 7508463..e83a0cf 100755
> --- a/git-rebase.sh
> +++ b/git-rebase.sh
> @@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ fi
>  
>  if test -z "$do_merge"
>  then
> -	git format-patch -k --stdout --full-index --ignore-if-in-upstream \
> +	git format-patch -k --stdout --full-index --ignore-if-in-upstream --src-prefix=a/ --dst-prefix=b/ \
>  		--no-renames $root_flag "$revisions" |
>  	git am $git_am_opt --rebasing --resolvemsg="$RESOLVEMSG" &&

As the format-patch invocation is already multi-line, you probably would
want to use a continuation line with "\" to keep the line length shorter.

We need to protect ourselves from crazy people, so regrettably something
like this patch is unavoidable, albeit unsightly.

Thanks.