Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:34:37 -0400 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: arcmsr changelog differs from diffs |
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Björn Steinbrink wrote: > Hi Hans, > > On 2007.10.17 12:41:11 +0200, Hans-Peter Jansen wrote: >> Dear Björn, >> >> Am Mittwoch, 17. Oktober 2007 02:53 schrieb Björn Steinbrink: >>> And then, if I may guess, James probably just noticed that there were >>> changes left and commited them (while they were now down to just the >>> whitespace change), without checking what changes were actually left (no >>> offense intended). At least I think that git wouldn't cripple the diff >>> if the changes that James checked in were not already whitespace-only at >>> the time he commited them, and the git history of his tree seems to >>> agree. >> (*) Thanks for the clarification, Björn. What made me stumbling was the >> different orginators, while Jeff isn't known with catching attention by >> assimilating other peoples contributions. > > I'm just guessing here, and certainly don't want to blame anyone, but > Jeff's original patch was from July, while the only date I can find for > Nick's commit is September 13th. So it was probably Nick who integrated > Jeff's changes into his commit
Correct.
It's also quite normal for the maintainer to grab a patch off the list, integrate/massage/change it, and then apply it himself.
Jeff
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