Re: [PATCH] can't "svn patch" working copy root if the patch is in --git format

Hello Julian,
OK, I could do that, but much later, in 2 weeks maybe. Now I'm busy testing
patch functionality for other cases.

-- 
Dmitry Pavlenko,
TMate Software,
http://subgit.com/ - git-svn bridge
> Dmitry, the other thing is, would you mind making a regression test for this
> issue? That would be really good to have.
> 
> - Julian
> 
> Julian Foad wrote on 2018-07-09:
> > Dmitry Pavlenko wrote on 2018-07-09:
> > > Note that the patch looks like
> > > 
> > > Index: /tmp/wc
> > > ===================================================================
> > > diff --git a/ b/
> > > --- a/  (revision 0)
> > > +++ b/  (working copy)
> > > 
> > > Property changes on:
> > > [...]
> > 
> > Thanks for the bug report. I like removing code. Before we commit this,
> > I have a few questions (for anybody who can answer) about how this
> > should be working.
> > 
> > I think the "Property changes on: " line is not right: it should show a
> > dot for the path: "Property changes on: ."
> > 
> > Maybe the "diff --git" line should say "diff --git a/. b/." for
> > consistency (other directory paths printed there do not end with a
> > slash) and clarity. (Would that even make the "svn patch" operation work
> > correctly?)
> > 
> > We could do both fixes: make "svn diff" add a dot, to be more
> > conservative; and also make "svn patch" not require a dot, to be more
> > lenient, and to work with already-generated patches.
> > 
> > - Julian