[Python-Dev] devguide: Basic instructions on how to generate a patch with hg for non-committers.

[Michael Foord]

On 07/02/2011 12:25, Georg Brandl wrote:
> Am 07.02.2011 00:21, schrieb Nick Coghlan:
>> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 6:53 AM, Brett Cannon<brett at python.org>  wrote:
>>> I would rather not have new hg users have to install an extension just
>>> to get a simple workflow going.
>> I may still keep my Rdiff-based FAQ entry around as an example of how
>> to get a collapsed diff regardless of personal workflow, though.
>>
>> Installing Rdiff was actually pretty easy, and I get the impression
>> that becoming comfortable with adding the extensions that suit your
>> personal workflow is a key part in getting Mercurial to really work
>> for you. We won't do people any favours if we try to pretend that
>> isn't the case.
> This is quite true.  (And after a while, the same goes for creating your
> own extensions, BTW.)
>

And from the description it sounds like rdiff will be very useful for 
our usecase.

Michael

> Georg
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