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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-am: indicate where a failed patch is to be found.
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 10:45:22 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7vhatcc1ql.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1342108243-8599-1-git-send-email-paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> (Paul Gortmaker's message of "Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:50:43 -0400")

Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com> writes:

> If git am wasn't run with --reject, we assume the end user
> knows where to find the patch.  This is normally true for
> a single patch,

Not at all.  Whether it is a single or broken, the patch is fed to
underlying "apply" from an unadvertised place.

> So, provide a helpful hint as to where they can
> find the patch ...

This is OK, but you may want to give a way to squelch it once the
user learns where it is by following the usual "advice.*" thing.

> ... to do the manual fixup before eventually
> continuing with "git add ... ; git am -r".

This is _NOT_ fine, especially if you suggest "patch" the user may
not have, and more importantly does not have a clue why "git apply"
rejected it ("am" does _not_ use "patch" at all).

  reply	other threads:[~2012-07-12 17:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-07-12 15:50 [PATCH] git-am: indicate where a failed patch is to be found Paul Gortmaker
2012-07-12 17:45 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2012-07-12 18:32   ` Paul Gortmaker
2012-07-12 18:53     ` Junio C Hamano
2012-07-12 19:36       ` Paul Gortmaker
2012-07-12 20:00         ` Junio C Hamano
2012-07-13 17:40           ` Paul Gortmaker
2012-07-13 18:06             ` Junio C Hamano
2012-07-12 21:07         ` Junio C Hamano
2012-07-13 15:51           ` [PATCH v2] " Paul Gortmaker
2012-07-13 19:58             ` Junio C Hamano
2012-07-13 22:46               ` Paul Gortmaker
2012-07-13 23:02                 ` Junio C Hamano
2012-07-12 21:18       ` [PATCH] " Nicolas Sebrecht
2012-07-12 21:55         ` Junio C Hamano
2012-07-12 20:33     ` [PATCH] " Jeff King

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