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Re: unified vs context diffs (was Re: Strange Windows problem, lock_timeout test request)

Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>

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From: Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>
To: Claudio Freire <klaussfreire@gmail.com>
Cc: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas@vmware.com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>, Boszormenyi Zoltan <zb@cybertec.at>, Hari Babu <haribabu.kommi@huawei.com>, Craig Ringer <craig@2ndquadrant.com>, Hans-Jürgen Schönig <hs@cybertec.at>, Ants Aasma <ants@cybertec.at>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, Amit kapila <amit.kapila@huawei.com>
Date: 2013-02-24T21:31:44Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
* Claudio Freire (klaussfreire@gmail.com) wrote:
> > As another point, it's also the very first thing that we document in
> > http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Reviewing_a_Patch to check for.
> 
> TBH, that wiki link seems to suggest that *having context* is the
> point of the requirement (to be able to merge with fuzz).

The PG wiki link states "Is the patch in context diff format?" and
provides a link to the wikipedia article about *that specific format*.
There's absolutely zero confusion over what "context diff format" means.

	Thanks,

		Stephen