Re: [TSVN] Hard time applying patches...

Lübbe Onken wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I had a hard time applying Rainers patches for the German DUG (Thanks for
> your work Rainer!)

:-)

> [...]

> I selected "apply patch" inside "doc/source/de" and loaded the patchfile
> "doc/tsvn_revgraph.diff". If I doubleclick the patch inside TortoiseSVN, the
> new file is created in the right hand window. Alas, there's no way to save
> it. The save button is enabled, but there's no warning, nothing.

I first could not confirm this cause I chose "Patch All" from the
context menu of the file listing which works without problems. After
investigating exactly what you described I can confirm this.

> Only if I select "apply patch" inside "doc", where the patches root lies, it
> is possible to save the applied patch. This is a real "I'm stuck"
> experience, since it is not obvious, that the user made a mistake.
>
> I think this only happens, if the target does not yet exist. When the target
> exists, TortoiseSVN scans up the tree for the proper patch root.

But why does it work if I choose "Patch All"?

Rainer

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Received on Wed Mar 23 10:39:51 2005