[fpc-pascal] Multi helpers

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

On 25/02/2019 19:08, Ryan Joseph wrote:
> git format-patch master --stdout > patch.diff

Yuck!

Rather do as always recommended... develop in a "feature" branch.
Branches are brilliant in Git and most Git commands work better when
branches are used. Also split your changes into multiple smaller
commits. ie: your tests into one commit and your other changes into
another commit. Use commits - they don't cost anything, so no need to go
sparingly on them. ;-)

Lastly, use the format-patch command but with branches instead.

  git format-patch -o output_directory --cover-letter
<feature_branch>...<master_branch>

In will generate sequentially numbered set of .patch files in the
<output_directory> and a 0000-cover-letter.patch file. ie: a summary of
what you changed, which is useful for pasting into an email or mantis
report.

NOTE:
  1. Note the 3 dots between branch names
  2. <feature_branch> is the branch in which you did your work.
  3. <master_branch> is the branch you create your feature branch from.


Hope this helps.


Regards,
  Graeme

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