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

[Dmitry Gutov]

On 31.08.2022 19:39, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:
> Dmitry Gutov <dgutov@yandex.ru> writes:
>
> > I don't use stashing commands from VC myself, but the stash mechanism
> > is usually more complex, e.g. it usually knows how to merge changes
> > (when the user has edited the file in some place and then pops the
> > stash) and indicate conflicts.
> >
> > That's why a stash is usually represented as a diff, I guess.
>
> Yes.  But I think you could just do that here, too?  I.e., instead of
> copying and managing files, you can just write the `C-x v D' diff to a
> file, apply reverted diff, apply user-edited patch, commit, reverse
> edited patch, apply diff from file.

If you like, I can take this route as well. It seems a bit more 
error-prone, though: some unknown bug in diff-apply-hunk might make it 
fail at the end, or even corrupt the file contents silently.

'cp' seems more bullet-proof in that regard.

> It seems easier, even -- you don't have to manage a bunch of files.

True.