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29.0.50; Make it easier to invert vc-prepare-patches-separately

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Message #28 received at 58383 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name>
To: Philip Kaludercic <philipk <at> posteo.net>
Cc: 58383 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#58383: 29.0.50; Make it easier to invert
 vc-prepare-patches-separately
Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2022 14:00:31 -0700

Hello,

On Tue 08 Nov 2022 at 08:31PM GMT, Philip Kaludercic wrote:

> Sean Whitton <spwhitton <at> spwhitton.name> writes:
>
>>>> On the other hand, having a numeric prefix argument mean "send patches
>>>> correspoding to the top N revisions of the current branch" would be very
>>>> convenient.  Perhaps these two could be combined by using a negative
>>>> number to mean also invert?
>>>
>>> This is the usual problem with numeric prefix arguments.  You don't get
>>> that much expressivity with just an integer.
>>>
>>> That is why I would hesitate to assign any particular interpretation to
>>> prefix arguments, before considering and weighing the options.
>>
>> Well, any other options in mind?  Varying the -N argument to
>> git-format-patch/git-send-email is what I find myself using the most.
>
> The issue is finding a way for this to be expressed VC-generically.

s/expressed/implemented/, right?

-- 
Sean Whitton

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