Re: [orca-list] Patch that needs testing

[Nolan Darilek <nolan thewordnerd info>]

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Which is something I've wondered about. Since branches are so cheap in
Git, instead of storing these patches as b.g.o attachments, why not make
them topic branches? At that point, testing just becomes a "git pull",
then a "git checkout bgo-123456", build, test, iterate as needed... When
fixed, the topic branch can then be merged onto master and deleted.

Just wondering. The patch thing makes sense with svn, where branching is
expensive, but is there another reason for keeping it around?

On 10/24/2010 11:53 PM, Steve Holmes wrote:
> 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:
> >
> 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?
>
> 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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>
> >

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