Re: master 4803fba487 1/2: 'C-x v v' on a diff buffer commits it as a patch (bug#52349)

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2022 14:48:32 +0300
> Cc: Juri Linkov <juri@linkov.net>, Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>,
>  "Alfred M. Szmidt" <ams@gnu.org>, eliz@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru>
> 
> On 01.09.2022 14:45, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:
> > Oh, I was assuming that we were assuming that we had "patch" installed
> > for this to work.  I don't think that's unreasonable for new
> > functionality like this.
> 
> I suggested this upthread but didn't get any affirmative response.
> 
> This would be easier, yes.

If it will be easier, by all means go for it.  I, too, don't think
it's unreasonable.  Even on MS-Windows, there's a port of GNU Patch,
and people who have Git for Windows installed get Patch as part of the
deal.

Thanks.