On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 7:53 AM, Pierre Habouzit <madco...@madism.org> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 07, 2009 at 10:30:14PM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: >> Anyway, I'd rather wait some time until people have tried using this >> format before deciding if we must make some special case due to >> git format-patch. > > It's not a special case. Kernel people, git people, gnome people, X.org > people, all can cherry-pick patches and format-patch them away. If you > ask them to add one missing header like the actual source or commid-id > they took the patch from, they'll probably do it (I would at least). If > you ask to rewrite the full stuff, then really, "go to hell" will > probably be the (sane) answer you'll get.
What format do the other DVCS systems use for patch export? Also, the git format-patch command can include encoded binary files, which I don't think patch(1) can handle. -- bye, pabs http://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org