Re: [PATCH] Fix issue #4049 - SEGV on patch that deletes and skips

Stefan Sperling wrote on Wed, Nov 09, 2011 at 18:41:34 +0100:
> On Wed, Nov 09, 2011 at 12:18:20PM +0000, Philip Martin wrote:
> > Daniel Näslund <dannas_at_dannas.name> writes:
> >
> > > A side note; when I tested the patch I needed to use abspath's in the
> > > patch file or else the target wouldn't get skipped.
> >
> > When raising the issue I had difficulty producing the test case because
> > I couldn't work out quite what caused a path to get skipped. I guess
> > Windows users might be generating patches with abspaths more than Unix
> > users.
>
> Patch targets get skipped in any of these circumstances:
>
> - the target is the working copy root

Can a patch represent a propchange on the wc root?
Received on 2011-11-09 18:55:46 CET