This makes git-applymbox verify that the index matches the current HEAD
before it starts applying patches.
Otherwise, you might have updated the index with unrelated changes, and
the first patch will commit not just the patch from the mbox, but also any
changes you had in your index.
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
This corresponds to the -k flag to git format-patch --mbox
option. The option should probably not be used when applying a
real e-mail patch, but is needed when format-patch and applymbox
pair is used for cherrypicking.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
After failing to apply a patch, when operating under -q (query)
flag, give the user an opportunity to fix up the patch in a
separate window and retry.
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Hey, people are using them, and we have an install target for them, so
make sure that we can actually install them sanely without disturbing
the namespace.
Linus Torvalds