Re: how to delete a file and submit that change as a patch?

On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 03:47:38PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, Larry McVoy wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 04:53:35AM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> > >   i've checked the FAQ and helptool and i don't see the explanation
> > > for what should be (i hope) a simple task:  i want to delete a file
> > > from a cloned repo, and submit that deletion as a unified patch
> > > upstream to the powers that be.  (there will be some editing as part
> > > of that patch, but that i can handle.  it's the file deletion i'm not
> > > how to make part of the patch.)
> >
> > Unfortunately, the current BK doesn't generate deletions as diffs.  When
> > we wrote the diff tools for BK we were thinking about BK which handles
> > moves and deletions as first class operations.
> >
> > Regular diff will present a remove as a diff against the file and /dev/null.
> > You could simulate that with a script.  It's a bit awkward, I admit, and
> > I have an internal tree where this is fixed but that doesn't do you much
> > good right now.
> >
> > Can't you send your diff as a BK patch?
> 
> that is, by running "bk cset"?  is that what you're referring to?
> i'll take a look at it -- until now, i've submitted my patches using
> "bk -r diffs -u", but i'm open to other techniques.

bk send -r<revs> email-address
bk send -r<revs> - > file
see bk help send
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