How to manage multiple patches

How to manage multiple patches

[Kris Warkentin]

I'm seeking the wisdom of the experienced free software developers.

When you have a patch in your sandbox waiting to be committed, what do 
you do to keep working and not get scrambled?

I've been pondering various solutions whereby I keep a text diff and do 
some clever combination of patching and reverting to get back to a state 
where I can just cvs commit but it seems like it could be fairly error 
prone.

Do people just keep multiple sandboxed?  Inquiring minds want to know.

Thanks

Kris

Re: How to manage multiple patches

[Daniel Jacobowitz]

On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 04:27:56PM -0500, Kris Warkentin wrote:
> I'm seeking the wisdom of the experienced free software developers.
> 
> When you have a patch in your sandbox waiting to be committed, what do 
> you do to keep working and not get scrambled?
> 
> I've been pondering various solutions whereby I keep a text diff and do 
> some clever combination of patching and reverting to get back to a state 
> where I can just cvs commit but it seems like it could be fairly error 
> prone.
> 
> Do people just keep multiple sandboxed?  Inquiring minds want to know.

Usually that's what I do.  Otherwise, take a look at "quilt" or
"patch-scripts".

Of course, every patch that you post or commit should be tested
independently, unless you say very clearly otherwise...

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz