Re: [Quilt-dev] what does 'topmost' mean?

[Randy.Dunlap]

On Mon, 09 Aug 2004 05:52:50 +0900 Yasushi SHOJI wrote:

| Hi all,
| 
| while working on japanese translation, I've got a question about a
| word 'topmost'.
| 
| the help string for 'quilt new' curretly prints as follows:
| 
| > $ quilt new -h
| > Usage: quilt new {patchname}
| > 
| > Create a new patch with the specified file name, and insert it after the
| > topmost patch in the patch series file.
| 
| now we know that 'topmost patch' is 'the topmost patch currently
| applied' (or isn't it?). however, the help string can be read as 'the
| topmost patch in the series, which includes unapplied patches'.
| 
| so my question is:
| 
| - is the 'topmost patch' defined somewhere?
| - can I use 'topmost patch' as 'topmost patch currently applied'
| through the help string?
| - or is it just me got confused? ;P

The patches list is actually a stack, so topmost is the 'patch
most recently applied'.

--
~Randy