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Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 13:55:03 +0900
From: Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Magnus Damm <magnus.damm@gmail.com>
To: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com>
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.

/ magnus