Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 4 Oct 2005 13:55:03 +0900 | From | Magnus Damm <> | Subject | Re: [PATCHv2] Document from line in patch format |
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On 10/4/05, Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com> wrote: > Magnus wrote: > > Huh, I thought that the first line in a unified patch started with > > "---", > > Yes, it does. But then the next character is a space, and there > is at least one more space-separated field on the line.
Nitpicking, but with "diff -L" only one space exists, and that is between "---" and the label. So it is possible to create patches without time stamp information.
> > Relying on "diff -" or "Index: " seems wrong. > > I don't think anyone is relying on those patterns.
Good. Thanks.
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