[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 38864] svn-apply: should support git binary delta diffs

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38864





--- Comment #3 from Chris Jerdonek <cjerdonek at webkit.org>  2010-05-17 15:30:47 PST ---
(In reply to comment #1)
> The current behavior is confusing:
> 
> patching file LayoutTests/fast/multicol/client-rects-expected.checksum
> only literal type is supported now at /usr/local/home/jamesr/WebKit_svn/WebKitTools/Scripts/svn-apply line 248.
> 
> Failed to run "[u'/usr/local/home/jamesr/WebKit_svn/WebKitTools/Scripts/svn-apply', u'--reviewer', u'Darin Adler']" exit_code: 255
> 
> We should at least fix svn-apply to point people to this bug when failing.

I don't know how hard it would be to add support for delta diffs.  Maybe implementing svn-apply by calling "git-apply" would be a cheap way of adding support for delta diffs in the case of applying to a Git repo.

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