Re: diff + HTTP PATCH == wrong?

Steve Klabnik <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.web.services.rest
Message-ID <CABL+ZB4zdaTL8FHWCF=mZByVcMH4SP0-QxB+UfqAEiCu=7BOeg@mail.gmail.com>
Diff formats get used with patch because you are required to:

>  The PATCH method requests that a set of changes described in the
>   request entity be applied to the resource identified by the Request-
>   URI.  The set of changes is represented in a format called a "patch
>   document" identified by a media type.

> IMO PUT should be use.

PUT requires a full replacement, which makes it not appropriate for a
diff. (unless you have a resource that's a diff, eg,
https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/b1d7283b2ac6763973e1a64475fc1c279cec8775.diff
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