Re: question regarding patches

Jeff> a general question regarding patches. Jeff> Normally, I submit patches generated with diff -ubw, to ignore Jeff> whitespace changes. This normally makes the patches smaller and they Jeff> just represent the actual code changes. This is the preferred method, Jeff> right? I post diffs for review generated usually with `diff -uw'. But when I apply them, I just use CVS, so they are correctly indented. If you are not a CVS committer, you should send in patches with whitespace changes included, or in rare cases, provide two versions of the patch (I've done this in the pre-CVS days). Jeff> Who, if anyone, should be re-indenting the code after patches are Jeff> applied? Some of it gets pretty sloppy looking after awhile. This is bad. Martin