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| -rw-r--r-- | quilt.changes | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | quilt/fork.in | 15 |
2 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/quilt.changes b/quilt.changes index 003d5a6..4f92f80 100644 --- a/quilt.changes +++ b/quilt.changes @@ -1,4 +1,9 @@ ------------------------------------------------------------------- +Wed Apr 20 00:02:39 CEST 2005 - agruen@suse.de + +- fork command help update (Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>). + +------------------------------------------------------------------- Wed Apr 13 14:59:41 CEST 2005 - agruen@suse.de - Add --sort options to the diff and refresh commands which diff --git a/quilt/fork.in b/quilt/fork.in index 2dbd333..39f82b2 100644 --- a/quilt/fork.in +++ b/quilt/fork.in @@ -23,10 +23,17 @@ usage() if [ x$1 = x-h ] then printf $" -Fork the topmost patch. If new_name is missing, the name of the -forked patch will be the current patch name, followed by \"-2\". -If the patch name already ends in a dash-and-number, the number is -further incremented (e.g., patch.diff, patch-2.diff, patch-3.diff). +Fork the topmost patch. Forking a patch means creating a verbatim copy +of it under a new name, and use that new name instead of the original +one in the current series. This is useful when a patch has to be +modified, but the original version of it should be preserved, e.g. +because it is used in another series, or for the history. A typical +sequence of commands would be: fork, edit, refresh. + +If new_name is missing, the name of the forked patch will be the current +patch name, followed by \"-2\". If the patch name already ends in a +dash-and-number, the number is further incremented (e.g., patch.diff, +patch-2.diff, patch-3.diff). " exit 0 else |