[Nix-dev] Re: [Nix-commits] SVN commit: nix - 16148 - simons - nixpkgs/trunk/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git

Ludovic Courtès ludo at gnu.org
Thu Jul 2 17:50:14 CEST 2009


Hi Peter,

Peter Simons <simons at cryp.to> writes:

> Updated git to version 1.6.3.3.

Cool!

> --- nixpkgs/trunk/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/docbook2texi.patch	2009-07-02 15:41:46 UTC (rev 16147)
> +++ nixpkgs/trunk/pkgs/applications/version-management/git-and-tools/git/docbook2texi.patch	2009-07-02 15:41:58 UTC (rev 16148)
> @@ -1,30 +1,26 @@
> -This patch does two things: (1) use the right name for `docbook2texi',
> -and (2) make sure `gitman.info' isn't produced since it's broken (duplicate
> -node names).
> -

Can you please reinstate a comment like this one at the top of the patch
explaining what it does?

I find it very useful to have comments in patches.  It helps understand
how to update it when a new version comes out, or decide whether to get
rid of it.

Thanks,
Ludo'.



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