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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@iabervon.org>,
	Chris Ortman <chrisortman@gmail.com>,
	Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de>,
	git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Do not show "diff --git" metainfo with --no-prefix
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:22:53 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7vhchdsn0y.fsf@gitster.siamese.dyndns.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <alpine.LFD.1.00.0801151919440.2806@woody.linux-foundation.org> (Linus Torvalds's message of "Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:26:06 -0800 (PST)")

Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> writes:

> So I do not think it's true that "--no-prefix" (or --src/dst-prefix) 
> necessarily implies "no-git" at all. It *can* do so, but it's not a given 
> thing, and almost certainly isn't in the long run with submodule support. 
>
> So it would be kind of sad if we mixed it up with the prefix decision, 
> when it really is something totally separate. Many other SCM's may want a 
> simple "-p1" patch (BK did, for example), and that doesn't make them 
> particularly "git-like". And conversely, git itself will want more than a 
> simple "-p1" patch for subproject handling.

Ok.  That's a sensible argument.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2008-01-16 17:23 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 53+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-01-15 13:59 [FEATURE REQUEST] git-svn format-patch Chris Ortman
2008-01-15 14:45 ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-01-15 15:58   ` Chris Ortman
2008-01-15 16:13     ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-01-15 16:23       ` Chris Ortman
2008-01-15 16:52         ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-01-15 17:07           ` Chris Ortman
2008-01-15 17:11             ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-01-15 19:04               ` Chris Ortman
2008-01-15 20:15                 ` Jan Hudec
2008-01-16  6:41                   ` Miles Bader
2008-01-16  6:54                     ` Shawn O. Pearce
2008-01-15 17:10     ` Pascal Obry
2008-01-15 23:11     ` Daniel Barkalow
2008-01-16  0:19       ` Junio C Hamano
2008-01-16  0:58         ` [PATCH/RFC] Do not show "diff --git" metainfo with --no-prefix Junio C Hamano
2008-01-16  1:37           ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-01-16  1:46             ` Junio C Hamano
2008-01-16  1:53               ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-01-16  2:04                 ` Daniel Barkalow
2008-01-16  2:15                   ` Junio C Hamano
2008-01-16  2:08           ` [PATCH v2] " Junio C Hamano
2008-01-16  3:09             ` Linus Torvalds
2008-01-16  3:26               ` Linus Torvalds
2008-01-16  4:04                 ` Daniel Barkalow
2008-01-16  4:22                   ` Linus Torvalds
2008-01-16 20:19                     ` Junio C Hamano
2008-01-16 20:39                       ` Daniel Barkalow
2008-01-17  0:57                         ` Junio C Hamano
2008-01-17  1:11                           ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-01-17  1:19                             ` Junio C Hamano
2008-01-17  1:54                               ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-01-17  2:28                                 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-01-17  1:34                             ` Junio C Hamano
2008-01-17  1:48                               ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-01-17  2:42                                 ` Junio C Hamano
2008-01-17  2:45                                   ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-01-17 14:49                                 ` Jeff King
2008-01-17 15:03                                   ` Jeff King
2008-01-17 15:12                                     ` Johannes Schindelin
2008-01-17 15:18                                       ` Jeff King
2008-01-18  8:22                       ` Junio C Hamano
2008-01-16 17:22                 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2008-01-16  3:56               ` Daniel Barkalow
2008-01-19  9:36                 ` Jan Hudec
2008-01-16  4:18               ` Junio C Hamano
2008-01-16  2:01       ` [FEATURE REQUEST] git-svn format-patch Chris Ortman
2008-01-15 20:14 ` Jean-Luc Herren
2008-01-15 20:30   ` Chris Ortman
2008-01-16  2:20     ` Daniel Barkalow
2008-03-11 17:38       ` Nigel Magnay
2008-03-11 19:22         ` Jan Hudec
2008-03-12  4:38         ` Daniel Barkalow

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