Subject: Re: bug#25105: 26.0.50; diff navigation is broken

From: Mark Oteiza <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017 22:09:36 -0500

On 05/01/17 at 05:20pm, Dima Kogan wrote:
> Tino Calancha <[email-masked]> writes:
> 
> > Mark Oteiza <[email-masked]> writes:
> >
> >> I am guessing this is a consequence of bug#17544. From -Q:
> >>
> >> 1. Do C-x v d RET = in a repository with a bunch of worktree changes
> >> 2. Hit n. Point is now at the top of the SECOND hunk
> >> 3. Go to end of buffer.
> >> 4. Hit p. Point is now at the top of the PENULTIMATE hunk
> > FWIW, to me this behaviour is very annoying and it has being
> > around already a while without a fix (4 months).
> > I would propose to revert the commit causing this misbehaviour.
> > Then, once the patch is mature enough, it can be pushed again without
> > affecting users.
> 
> <snip>  if this is a "bug",
> then the solution is a full revert.

With the number of actual bugs (email/format-patch/pre-diff content, and
auto refinement) the initial patch caused, perhaps this is best.