PATCH addition of /usr/local/bin/ in 'get_iplayer.cgi'

Owen Smith owen.smith at cantab.net
Wed Nov 5 17:07:37 PST 2014


Why bother with patches? Why not just check the source file out, change it, and check it back in again with the change in? Or does git not work like conventional source control systems?

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Owen Smith <owen.smith at cantab.net>
Cambridge, UK

On 6 Nov 2014, at 00:24, dinkypumpkin <dinkypumpkin at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 06/11/2014 00:14, dinkypumpkin wrote:
>> Sorry, but your patch doesn't apply. A few things, for anyone who wants
>> to submit a patch to the list:
> 
> Before any pedants pop up: Yes, those instructions only apply if you're using Git (as I hope you are).  If you can create a patch with "git format-patch" or by some equivalent method and send it properly formatted so that I can run "git apply" on it, that's fine as well.
> 
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