Re: How to use patches sent to vim_dev?

On Tue, Oct 4, 2022 at 7:38 AM Enan Ajmain <3nan.ajmain@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Bram sends patches in vim_dev ML. But it's not structured to directly
> use with `git am`, is it? If that's correct, what's the reason for
> using a different patch format?
>
> P.S. I am not gonna use the patch email. But my email client, Claws,
> highlights the patch. In vim patch's case, it can't. That's why I
> noticed the difference.
>
> --
> Enan

Bram's patches are in context diff (not unified context diff) format,
one of the formats acceptable to the "patch" program, and once upon a
time that was the program to be used when updating one's Vim source.

Nowadays, most people who compile their own Vim use either a git clone
of Bram's github master, or (like I do) a Mercurial clone of
Christian's Mercurial public clone of Bram's git master (that
Mercurial repository is located at http://hg.256bit.org/vim) and then
the email patches are just a reminder that a new patchlevel has been
published. Their contents are then not used directly.

Best regards,
Tony.

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