From: Bastien <bzg@altern.org>
To: Achim Gratz <Stromeko@nexgo.de>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Use (point-marker) instead of (move-marker (make-marker) (point))
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:01:44 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <871uelkk47.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87k3sdvstn.fsf@Rainer.invalid> (Achim Gratz's message of "Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:58:12 +0100")
Achim Gratz <Stromeko@nexgo.de> writes:
> Bastien writes:
>> Indeed. I cannot apply the patch, git am returns "patch format
>> detection faild." Can you resubmit it using git format-patch?
>
> You want to use 'git apply' on that patch, 'git am' is for applying
> patches produced by 'git format-patch' only.
Well, I'm trying to encourage people to submit patches that I can apply
easily with git am without having to edit the patch or to use git commit
--author=""... to credit the patch correctly.
> In a pinch however, you
> can relatively easily convert the patch format from 'git show to
> something suitable for 'git am':
>
> Replace "commit" with "From", Replace "Author" with "From" and replace
> the whitespace at the beginning of the first line of the commit message
> with "Subject: [PATCH] ".
Good to know, thank you.
--
Bastien
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-12-20 12:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-12-20 4:51 [PATCH] Use (point-marker) instead of (move-marker (make-marker) (point)) Dmitry Antipov
2012-12-20 10:57 ` Bastien
2012-12-20 11:58 ` Achim Gratz
2012-12-20 12:01 ` Bastien [this message]
2012-12-20 12:11 ` Achim Gratz
2012-12-20 12:17 ` Bastien
2012-12-20 12:13 ` Dmitry Antipov
2012-12-20 12:17 ` Bastien
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