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Re: master 4803fba487 1/2: 'C-x v v' on a diff buffer commits it as a pa
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Alfred M. Szmidt |
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Re: master 4803fba487 1/2: 'C-x v v' on a diff buffer commits it as a patch (bug#52349) |
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Sun, 04 Sep 2022 08:27:03 -0400 |
> 'git apply' will work as a replacement for 'patch' as well.
Will it work with all the back ends that VC supports?
If it only works with git, it is not a very useful fallback.
It should; `git apply' doesn't require that directory and files it
works on is a git tree for its most basic functionality. What might
be an issue is if .git/config is used, and any configuration values
are set that change the behaviour of `git apply'.
GNU patch has nicer features than `git apply' too, and is a standard
Unix program, it makes more sense to depend on patch than on `git
apply'.
Note that it would add the requirement for git to be installed.