Re: [Quilt-dev] Using Quilt with other SCM

[Josh Boyer]

On Fri, 2006-02-10 at 11:01 +0100, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm using Quilt to prepare a stack of patches that I then selectively
> commit (when there are ready) to the non-distributed SCM of my team. Of
> course, I only commit the patches that are at the bottom of the stack:
> 
> $ quilt series
> mypatch1
> mypatch2
> $ quilt top
> mypatch1
> $ cvs commit -m "Here I commit Mypatch1"
> 
> Then, I would like to drop mypatch1 from the patch series. If I do
> "quilt delete", it removes the patch, but also pops it. So it reverts
> the modifications I just pushed to the CVS, making unwanted local
> changes in my working copy.
> 
> Would it be possible to have a command like "quilt drop" (or an option
> to "quilt delete") that removes a patch from the series without actually
> poping it and touching the working copy ?

I sent a patch for something like this quite a while ago.  There was
some decent discussion on it, but I haven't had time to really address
some of the issues that were brought up.

Perhaps if you look back in the archives you might find something worth
while.

josh