Re: svn commit: rev 5616 - in trunk: packages/win32-innosetup/tools/svnpath subversion/bindings/com subversion/bindings/java/jni subversion/bindings/ruby subversion/bindings/swig subversion/clients/cmdline subversion/include subversion/libsvn_delta subver

Greg Stein <gstein@lyra.org> writes:
> The (unsaid) reason here is simply that it makes applying patches *much*
> more difficult if they were generated pre-whitespace-change. You'll get a
> bunch o' rejections if you're not careful.

Yup, +1.

In case anyone does encounter this problem, remember that

  $ patch --ignore-whitespace < patchfile.txt

is your friend.

-Karl

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Received on Mon Apr 14 21:44:46 2003