Re: [orca-list] Patch that needs testing

[Steve Holmes <steve holmes88 gmail com>]

You can do that but what I do is as follows:
1. I place the patch file in a separate directory like, "patches"
2. Then I move into the git source; in my case, that is ~/git/orca

3. Then since I maintain separate branches for local work and patch
testing and all, I create that branch and checkout to it.  You don't
have to do these extra steps but I like to so I can keep a clean
master branch in case any of these patches prove to be bad.  Branches
are cheap and can be easily thrown away and regain the original
integrity of master without having to do a new git clone.

4. Anyway, after doing the branch thing or skipping to here, just do
'git am <patchfile> where <patchfile> would be the path to your
patch.  This will commit the change into your local git tree.

5. Compile from there like normal or build a package for your distro
or whatever.

On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 04:57:38PM -0600, Jeremy Lincicome wrote:
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> Joanmarie,
> Just a quick question; how do I apply the patch? Do I need to put it
> in the same directory as the git source?
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> Thanks,
> Jeremy
>
> On 10/24/2010 02:17 PM, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> > Hey guys.
> >
> > I've got a really, really simply patch that fixes an issue, but
> > pretty much impacts all of Orca. So I'm about to regression test
> > the heck out of it. If anyone is in the mood to beat a patch within
> > an inch of its life, it would be very much appreciated.
> >
> > The bug is here: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=630591
> >
> > Thanks much! Take care. --joanie
> >
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