Add a New Comment (Rich Markup)
Note that the "diff --git" format which patch understands to some degree now, handles empty files.
This is especially annoying while communicating changes to Python projects, where the absence of empty _init_.py files affects correctness.
diff wil not create any output for empty files, $ echo -n '' > f $ diff -u /dev/null f and patch will not create files from patches with only an Index line: Index: filename ======================= This is confusing because Subversion does create such patches. This problem should be looked into when adding support for git extended headers (which support things like rename, copy, and mode changes).
(Note: upload size limit is set to 16384 kB, after insertion of the required escape characters.)
Attach Files: Comment:
No files currently attached
Depends on the following items: None found
Items that depend on this one: None found
There is 1 vote so far. Votes easily highlight which items people would like to see resolved in priority, independently of the priority of the item set by tracker managers.
Only logged-in users can vote.
Please enter the title of George Orwell's famous dystopian book (it's a date):
Follow 2 latest changes.
Copyright © 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved. The Levitating, Meditating, Flute-playing Gnu logo is a GNU GPL'ed image provided by the Nevrax Design Team. Source Code
Powered by Savane 3.12