Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: BUG: extra diff arguments for "tla changes --diffs"]

[Aaron Bentley]

Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > What I mean is: since archive changesets are used for inexact patching,
> > people will want to control archive changesets the same way they control
> > 'changes' output.
>
>
> Huh?  I don't see any evidence of that.

Earlier, you said:
> I do a fair bit of manual application of
> changesets (or at least their rejected parts), in which case things like
> `-p' could be convenient.  Admittedly, `patch' throws away this info when
> generating the .rej files


>  The main reason people want options
> in `tla changes' is for viewing.

Well, if it's just for viewing, I don't care.  You've been arguing that 
it's useful to be able to apply non-standard changesets, though.  If 
that's true, people might push to be able to commit non-standard 
changesets also.

Aaron
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Aaron Bentley
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Panometrics, Inc.