Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 14 Sep 2004 21:12:10 +0100 | From | Dave Jones <> | Subject | Re: offtopic: how to break huge patch into smaller independent patches? |
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On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 01:48:37PM -0600, Chris Friesen wrote: > > Its kind of offtopic, but I hoped that someone might have some pointers > since the kernel developers deal with so many patches. > > I've been given a massive kernel patch that makes a whole bunch of > conceptually independent changes. > > Does anyone have any advice on how to break it up into independent patches?
diffsplit will split it into a patch-per-file, which could be a good start. If you have multiple changes touching the same file however, things get a bit more fun, and you get to spend a lot of time in your favorite text editor glueing bits together.
Dave
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