Docs for git style patches?

Benoit Boissinot bboissin at gmail.com
Sat Aug 25 16:25:58 CDT 2007


On 8/25/07, Igor Minar <iiminar at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> Can you please point me to some docs describing support for git style
> patches in MQ. How to use them, what to watch out for and what are
> the benefits/down sides.
>
With --git, you can store mode changes and renames/copies in the patch.
It means that mq can store everything that hg can do.
The downside is that the patch might not be "patch (1)" compatible
(because the git extensions sometimes produces errors).

regards,

Benoit


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