[New-bugs-announce] [issue16931] mention work-around to create diffs in default/non-git mode

[Chris Jerdonek]

New submission from Chris Jerdonek:

This issue is to mention in the devguide how to create diffs with the changeset number when --git is configured on.  Perhaps this can be done via a FAQ like: "How can I get Rietveld to work with a 2.7 patch?"

Background: Currently, the devguide recommends configuring Mercurial to use --git when making diffs.  However, this causes the changeset ID to be left off of patch files and, for example, prevents Rietveld from working with patches to non-default branches.  See also this thread:

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2011-March/108765.html

This issue describes a couple work-arounds:

http://bz.selenic.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3761

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components: Devguide
messages: 179654
nosy: chris.jerdonek, eric.araujo, ezio.melotti, ncoghlan
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: mention work-around to create diffs in default/non-git mode

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