Re: GNU patch close to next stable release (2)

2012-08-02 Thread Paul Eggert
On 08/02/2012 01:02 PM, Andreas Grünbacher wrote: > Paul and Jim, any thoughts about adding filename quoting to GNU diff anytime > soon, or about the format? The git format looks OK. I don't have time right now to add it to GNU diff, tho. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscr

Re: GNU patch close to next stable release (2)

2012-08-02 Thread Jim Meyering
Paul Eggert wrote: > On 08/02/2012 01:02 PM, Andreas Grünbacher wrote: >> Paul and Jim, any thoughts about adding filename quoting to GNU diff anytime >> soon, or about the format? > > The git format looks OK. I don't have time right now to add it to GNU diff, > tho. I agree, and have no more fr

Re: GNU patch close to next stable release (2)

2012-08-02 Thread Andreas Grünbacher
Junio, 2012/8/1 Junio C Hamano : > Andreas Grünbacher writes: > >> * Support for double-quoted filenames in the "diff --git" format: when a >> filename starts with a double quote, it is interpreted as a C string >> literal. The escape sequences \\, \", \a, \b, \f, \n, \r, \t, \v, and \ooo >>

Re: GNU patch close to next stable release (2)

2012-08-01 Thread Junio C Hamano
Andreas Grünbacher writes: > * Support for double-quoted filenames in the "diff --git" format: when a > filename starts with a double quote, it is interpreted as a C string > literal. The escape sequences \\, \", \a, \b, \f, \n, \r, \t, \v, and \ooo > (a three-digit octal number between 0

GNU patch close to next stable release (2)

2012-08-01 Thread Andreas Grünbacher
After another improvement in git-style diff support to better handle concatenated diffs, here is a last call for testing to ensure that the code works well enough to become the next stable release. Please find the latest development snapshots here: ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/patch/ The following s