Re: RFS: commit-patch

[Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>]

David Caldwell <david@porkrind.org> writes:

> Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au> wrote:
>
> > Why does 'commit-patch' not affect the working tree? How is the
> > revision related to others, then?
>
> The revision is potentially not related to the state of your working
> tree at all. Most likely, though, the patch is a minor tweak on your
> working directory changes.

Then I don't see why one would want it in the repository at all.

> Here's a blog post about a possible use case, written a few years ago:
>
> <http://porkrind.org/missives/commit-patch-managing-your-mess>

I'll have a look and see if that explains. Thank you.

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Ben Finney