Re: being nice to patch(1)

Johannes Schindelin [off-list ref] writes:

But maybe they would be willing to install git to get that wonderful
git-apply program, and that wonderful rename-and-mode-aware
git-diff, and the git-merge-file program, all of which can operate
outside of a git repository. (Take that, hg!)

As long as git-diff lists all added files in a second non-git dirtree
as "/dev/null" when doing
git-diff --name-status -B -M -C dir1 dir2
its usefulness is limited.

git-diff --name-status -B -M -C dir1 dir2
D	dir1/auctex-11.84/CHANGES
D	dir1/auctex-11.84/COPYING
D	dir1/auctex-11.84/ChangeLog

[...]

D	dir1/auctex-11.84/preview/preview-latex.spec
D	dir1/auctex-11.84/preview/prv-emacs.el
D	dir1/auctex-11.84/preview/prv-install.el
D	dir1/auctex-11.84/tex-site.el.in
D	dir1/auctex-11.84/tex-wizard.el
A	/dev/null
A	/dev/null
R100	dir1/auctex-11.84/images/amstex.xpm	dir2/etc/auctex/images/amstex.xpm
R100	dir1/auctex-11.84/images/bibtex.xpm	dir2/etc/auctex/images/bibtex.xpm
R100	dir1/auctex-11.84/images/dropdown.xpm	dir2/etc/auctex/images/dropdown.xpm

[...]

R100	dir1/auctex-11.84/images/viewdvi.xpm	dir2/etc/auctex/images/viewdvi.xpm
R100	dir1/auctex-11.84/images/viewpdf.xpm	dir2/etc/auctex/images/viewpdf.xpm
R100	dir1/auctex-11.84/images/viewps.xpm	dir2/etc/auctex/images/viewps.xpm
A	/dev/null
A	/dev/null
A	/dev/null
A	/dev/null
A	/dev/null
A	/dev/null

and so on.

git --version
git version 1.5.2.2.565.gde09

-- 
David Kastrup