Re: [Quilt-dev] [PATCH] Remember location of patches and series file

[Raphael Hertzog]

Hi,

On Wed, 16 Dec 2009, Jean Delvare wrote:
> I might consider something like your patch if and only if:
> * The relative_path stuff is gone; this is complexity we don't need.
> * Documentation is updated accordingly.
> * The root finder algorithm is also updated accordingly; as discussed
>   with Martin a few days ago, looking for $QUILT_PATCHES no longer
>   works with your proposed change, you must also look for .pc in case
>   this is where $QUILT_PATCHES is defined. This won't be bullet-proof
>   even then, but it already wasn't and I guess it never really was
>   meant to be.

Please find an updated patch attached (git am ready). I also added a
non-regression test for this feature in a separate patch.

Feel free to ask me more changes if needed. The documentation update is
rather light since the current behaviour concerning the root finder
algorithm was simply not documented apparently. 

> This is all crying for a "quilt setup" command, isn't it?

quilt setup already exists... but not really for the same usage.

Cheers,
-- 
Raphaël Hertzog

0001-Remember-QUILT_PATCHES-and-QUILT_SERIES-by-storing-t.patch
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0002-Add-non-regression-test-to-verify-that-quilt-remembe.patch
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