On 03/31/2009 12:52 PM, Behdad Esfahbod wrote:
On 03/31/2009 12:42 PM, Christoph Höger wrote:
> Hi there dvcs users,
>
> I am getting used to using git while working with upstream
> projects. So when I try to make a patch available upstream, I
> encounter the following problem: I want to make small commits
> during my work but of course send the result as a single patch via
> git format-patch. So what's best:
>
> 1. clone upstream, create another local branch, work there, and
> then merge that branchs changes via diff?
>
> 2. use<UNKNOWN_GIT_COMMAND> to merge those commits into a single
> one?
"git-diff from..to" can do that. But srsly, why not send a patch
series? That's the beauty of git.
Well, you might still want to send a patch series, but in a form that's
more clear to readers than the series you actually committed.
--
Peter
I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to
change that here and there.
-- Feynman