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From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz)
Subject: Re: [RFC] Applying a graft to a tree and "rippling" the changes  through  the history
Date: 06 Nov 2005 14:43:17 -0800
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>>>>> "Ryan" == Ryan Anderson <ryan@michonline.com> writes:

Ryan> chdir($ARGV[0]);

That's dangerous without an "or-die".  Being in the wrong directory
before you do a lot of edits is a good way to bust your disk. :)

Ryan> 	my ($commit,@parents) = split /\s+/;

split with no args splits $_ on whitespace, tossing leading whitespace,
just in case they ever put whitespace indentation ahead.

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