From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.0 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3,RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_NONE shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1467A1F45E for ; Tue, 11 Feb 2020 13:40:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728386AbgBKNkh (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Feb 2020 08:40:37 -0500 Received: from mail-pg1-f193.google.com ([209.85.215.193]:43237 "EHLO mail-pg1-f193.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727653AbgBKNkg (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Feb 2020 08:40:36 -0500 Received: by mail-pg1-f193.google.com with SMTP id u131so5734893pgc.10 for ; Tue, 11 Feb 2020 05:40:36 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=6cW6YfQdymMN1eDkG0CPIA+nwOtGmZ3pronI/Q73cGM=; b=vfE0qxG1F7yzT1TkzaPXgSkrResaC6WRR3byZPimjW9hO3k8SfIhMV0tcvQ3dbPYYq hoLCDSlmZrQ2XyZtmyNX+scTr5nHlFYVfNeXxcNg9Cj2ksiOgCC6nt5pdtbW1qe2vgpt wbjKL0Af3oARX4omz3r0wJLCua3rSXPAK/HkwNH00Y8sJRMu/2/JFjsLzd88+e4gSDDR WkxIF4dAJzKwEXjg1hMFfnSFOPCgv1tqU+zBgD5BvQasYxsJ36XDa9rawNx5eUYU/RZ9 XJbm/LRaedHCIjYOfWonarYhz112rH2gXd1/Ja3BWwVwdEE1G0Yv3cmjdkx2Q1BYdb93 R1Cw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to :references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=6cW6YfQdymMN1eDkG0CPIA+nwOtGmZ3pronI/Q73cGM=; b=pQXaCZaN9MhVRDhmCDTKM8uCp97oifsQsdjwTThcsOr9n5Fr6u1HrSW1PoehOUgENa xFftUdOISpgb7nt9XyIKgOpEbXFfhTSeO9rxcqyp4tYyuUt2HlZdBqQLbin7OxPfMtJ5 uClxZDEo3DUWaTdSbwtqMLGh8iMS0xBf43Xbuu/YBElZvX31EsOAZ1lZvEFjs2unjd9L guLKljxiPbBsRCbTfGh05yJawsz+rkKQkVyljDvKFDIvUdFl92jYLhDewcGXZ6bsJLK9 zKjzvjLwYJPud2BAO2IBpWKUPUnP3qfImpWBEf3ocS4ipMM2Q+q4AmG2CZzfBHm+3+N0 paNw== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAVAiCmqODpzs5Da+mp3afNpUuV8hPXjDFmM+2aaYSwRRJ2kWtX/ JgX+ibIkbqUIULLMMGO4GmI= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqxc4rIW3PP28wpDp9/Pt+IxPGO7mvZlph1ODzv6xyV9ahpCHKzFQv8TN3rPMbmO82S3DGHmfA== X-Received: by 2002:a63:583:: with SMTP id 125mr3165840pgf.100.1581428435965; Tue, 11 Feb 2020 05:40:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from konoha.iitr.ac.in ([103.37.201.172]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 13sm4178011pgo.13.2020.02.11.05.40.33 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Tue, 11 Feb 2020 05:40:35 -0800 (PST) From: Shourya Shukla To: keller.steve@gmx.de Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Shourya Shukla Subject: Re: Develop a patch series with git? Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 19:10:22 +0530 Message-Id: <20200211134022.7975-1-shouryashukla.oo@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.20.1 In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Hello Steve, > My question is whether there is git functionality to replace quilt. > Or is the combination of quilt and git common? I think we can use interactive rebase[1] as well as 'git am'[2] (am = apply mail) to apply a series of patches from a mailbox. In the case of, let's say a dependency missing on your end, you can do an interactive rebase using 'git rebase -i' to edit your _mini-commits_ which you will be making on applying the patches to include the dependencies. One can also 'squash' commits together(i.e. meld multiple commits into one) in case you want a smaller commit history or you think there is a redundancy in any of your commits. BTW, I think that 'git quiltimport' is quite old now right? And maybe even obsolete? Best, Shourya Shukla [1]: https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-Tools-Rewriting-History [2]: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-am