Re: rename sgml files? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: rename sgml files?
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Msg-id 26291.1518814041@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: rename sgml files?  (Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>)
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Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> On 2/12/18 16:19, Tom Lane wrote:
>> At that point, back-patching documentation fixes would become effectively
>> impossible except through manual intervention in the patching process.

> Are you not using git cherry-pick?

Yes, when it works, which it tends not to in cases that are even a little
bit complicated.  I have zero faith that it works across a file rename,
and would not like to give up the option of using patch(1) instead.  (See,
eg, recent discussions about the fragility of "git apply" vs "patch".)

            regards, tom lane


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