Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 24 Apr 2003 17:05:22 -0500 | From | Eli Carter <> | Subject | Re: [OT] patch splitting util(s)? |
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Pete Zaitcev wrote: >>Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 13:10:43 -0700 >>From: "Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org> > > >>| > I'm aware of patchutils. (Check the 0.2.22 Changelog ;) ) However, >>| > splitdiff doesn't do what I'm after, from my initial look. Though now >>| > that I think about it, it suggests an alternative solution. A >>| > 'shatterdiff' that created one diff file per hunk in a patch would give >>| > me basically what I want. >>| >>| I moaned at Tim until he caved in and added an '-s' option >>| couple of weeks ago. It should be in a fresh rawhide srpm. >>| >>| Mind, you can do what you want even now, with -n (for line numbers) >>| and a little bit of sh or perl, but all concievable solutions >>| require several passes over the diff, which gets tiresome >>| if you diff 2.4.9 (RH 7.2) and 2.4.18 (RH 8.0). The -s option >>| does it in one pass. >> >>so when does this change show up at http://cyberelk.net/tim/patchutils/ ? > > > Tim pointed out that the option is -a, not -s. It should be > present in 0.2.22.
Almost. That does a per-file split, not a per-hunk split. And per-hunk I have found makes splitting patches into their logical components _much_ easier.
Thanks for the clarification though!
Eli --------------------. "If it ain't broke now, Eli Carter \ it will be soon." -- crypto-gram eli.carter(a)inet.com `-------------------------------------------------
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