Re: [OT] patch splitting util(s)?

Pete Zaitcev (zaitcev@redhat.com)
Thu, 24 Apr 2003 16:45:03 -0400


> 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.

-- Pete
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