Messages in this thread |  | | | From | Junio C Hamano <> | | Subject | Re: [GIT]: Networking | | Date | Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:00:53 -0800 | |
David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> writes:
> That wouldn't have helped me in this case at all.>> I had 4 firmware patches to apply, each one had to add entries
> to the same file.>> The first patch had to be skipped.>> So the second one, which is the first one I added (which is the acenic
> bogon with the missed delete), is the one GIT wouldn't take but patch
> would.
What I typically do when I see myself in such a situation is to apply all
of four patches to a throw-away branch once, and then discard that branch
right away. Then I can apply only the good three patches, skipping the
first one, and "am -3" would still apply.
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