On Thu, 25 Feb 2016 15:36:33 +0100
quinq wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > > > 2) Should it be able to do a dry run, would be
> > > > another flag that can be used independently of
> > > > -w?
> > >
> > > Yes it would be nice to support a dry run flag
> > > regardless of whether -w is specified or not.
Hi,
> > > 2) Should it be able to do a dry run, would be another flag
> > >that can be used independently of -w?
> >
> > Yes it would be nice to support a dry run flag regardless of
> > whether -w is specified or not.
>
> gnu patch supports --dry-run. It probably makes sense
> to support
On Thu, 25 Feb 2016 13:36:25 +
Dimitris Papastamos wrote:
> I don't see how this has to do with handholding users.
It's simple. Handholding for me is you offer things which purposely
allow the user not to do certain things.
This whitespace flag purpots that the user won't have to read patche
On Thu, 25 Feb 2016 13:45:58 +
Dimitris Papastamos wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 02:42:42PM +0100, Mattias Andrée
> wrote:
> > On Thu, 25 Feb 2016 14:11:05 +0100
> > FRIGN wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, 25 Feb 2016 13:39:30 +0100
> > > Mattias Andrée wrote:
> > >
> > > Hey Matthias,
> > >
On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 02:42:42PM +0100, Mattias Andrée wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Feb 2016 14:11:05 +0100
> FRIGN wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 25 Feb 2016 13:39:30 +0100
> > Mattias Andrée wrote:
> >
> > Hey Matthias,
> >
> > > I think the documentation should be clear that it
> > > only to be relied upon
On Thu, 25 Feb 2016 14:11:05 +0100
FRIGN wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Feb 2016 13:39:30 +0100
> Mattias Andrée wrote:
>
> Hey Matthias,
>
> > I think the documentation should be clear that it
> > only to be relied upon if whitespace changes do
> > not have any affects. Perhaps it should not allow
> > i
On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 02:11:05PM +0100, FRIGN wrote:
> On Thu, 25 Feb 2016 13:39:30 +0100
> Mattias Andrée wrote:
>
> Hey Matthias,
>
> > I think the documentation should be clear that it
> > only to be relied upon if whitespace changes do
> > not have any affects. Perhaps it should not allow
On Thu, 25 Feb 2016 13:39:30 +0100
Mattias Andrée wrote:
Hey Matthias,
> I think the documentation should be clear that it
> only to be relied upon if whitespace changes do
> not have any affects. Perhaps it should not allow
> introducing whitespace where there was none,
>
>-helloworld
>
On Thu, 25 Feb 2016 13:29:07 +0100
v4hn wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 11:24:25AM +, Dimitris
> Papastamos wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 08:54:13PM +0100, Mattias
> > Andrée wrote:
> > > I'm thinking about introducing an extension to the
> > > standard: -w. When this flag is used, pa
On Thu, 25 Feb 2016 13:29:07 +0100
v4hn wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 11:24:25AM +, Dimitris
> Papastamos wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 08:54:13PM +0100, Mattias
> > Andrée wrote:
> > > I'm thinking about introducing an extension to the
> > > standard: -w. When this flag is used, pa
On Thu, 25 Feb 2016 13:29:07 +0100
v4hn wrote:
Hey v4hn,
> Sounds useless to me. What counts as whitespace change?
> `if(x){ \n` -> `if(x){\n`, ok,
> `\tif(x){\n` -> ` if(x){\n`, in python and haskell probably not,
> `if(x){\n` -> `if(x) {\n`, seems simple enough,
> `printf("%d",x);\n` -> `pr
On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 11:24:25AM +, Dimitris Papastamos wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 08:54:13PM +0100, Mattias Andrée wrote:
> > I'm thinking about introducing an extension to the standard: -w.
> > When this flag is used, patch will verify that the patchfile
> > only changes whitespace in
On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 08:54:13PM +0100, Mattias Andrée wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'm working on implementing patch(1). I'm thinking about
> introducing an extension to the standard: -w. When this
> flag is used, patch will verify that the patchfile only
> changes whitespace in the file.
>
> So I have 2
Hi!
I'm working on implementing patch(1). I'm thinking about
introducing an extension to the standard: -w. When this
flag is used, patch will verify that the patchfile only
changes whitespace in the file.
So I have 2 question.
1) Do you think this should be a flag or a separate tool?
2) Should
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