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From: "Geoff Russell" <geoffrey.russell@gmail.com>
To: "Junio C Hamano" <gitster@pobox.com>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Applying patches in a directory that isn't a repository
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 13:48:11 +0930	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <93c3eada0706292118u2058553bj103ba707aa144d16@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7v3b0bi88r.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.pobox.com>

On 6/29/07, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
> "Geoff Russell" <geoffrey.russell@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > But "git am" needs (AFAIK) a full repository. Is there a way to apply
> > a patch without
> > .git being present?
>
> If the recipient does not have a git repository, there is no
> point using "git am", as it is about making commits out of
> e-mails.
>
> git-apply acts as a plain "patch applicator".

For some reason I thought git-apply also needed a repository --- but it doesn't
and I've just tested it and, bingo, it is perfect for my needs. Many thanks.

Cheers,
Geoff

      parent reply	other threads:[~2007-06-30  4:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <93c3eada0706280153w1898be80u7785ef2b2b1dd188@mail.gmail.com>
2007-06-29  6:07 ` Applying patches in a directory that isn't a repository Geoff Russell
2007-06-29  6:29   ` Junio C Hamano
2007-06-29  6:35     ` [PATCH 1/4] diffcore_count_changes: pass diffcore_filespec Junio C Hamano
2007-06-29  6:35     ` [PATCH 2/4] diffcore_filespec: add is_binary Junio C Hamano
2007-06-29  6:36     ` [PATCH 3/4] diffcore-delta.c: update the comment on the algorithm Junio C Hamano
2007-06-29  6:36     ` [PATCH 4/4] diffcore-delta.c: Ignore CR in CRLF for text files Junio C Hamano
2007-06-29  8:14       ` しらいしななこ
2007-06-29  8:51         ` Junio C Hamano
2007-06-30  4:18     ` Geoff Russell [this message]

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