Re: master 4803fba487 1/2: 'C-x v v' on a diff buffer commits it as a patch (bug#52349)

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Juri Linkov <juri@jurta.org>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,  larsi@gnus.org,  emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 19:47:35 +0300
> 
> >> But even if we initially only support this in otherwise clean trees,
> >> it will be a huge advantage vs the current situation, where this
> >> feature is simply not available.
> >
> > Will the advantage be significant? I really have to ask, because IME
> > applying an external patch and them committing the files as a whole never
> > felt particularly painful before (aside from resolving any conflicts or
> > corrupted whitespace, which the new feature doesn't help with).
> 
> Indeed, just 'M-! git apply' before using 'vc-checkin-patch' will do the job
> in case of an external patch.

Unless some of the hunks are wrong or produce conflicts or are
rejected due to 1001 reasons.  Which is exactly the use case I thought
this enabled.  Sorry for misreading.