On Tue, 2018-01-02 at 16:28 -0500, Josh Boyer wrote:
So if you want to use git apply instead of patch, I have no
objections
that I can remember. It'll just require some extra work to make sure
the git repo actually exists and that doesn't break other things.
Git apply doesn't need a git repo. It is designed to be a patch replacement.
(There's probably a lot of legacy stuff patch handles that "git apply"
doesn't, but no-one cares.)
Thanks,
Paul Bolle