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Re: Patch Submission Policy [Doc Patch]
On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 12:56 PM, Andrew Pinski <pinskia@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 10:55 AM, Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Is there any reason not to add the "-b" option if the submitter
> > doesn't care about showing changes in the amount of white space on a
> > line?
>
> Because using -b will cause the patch no longer be able to applied by
> other developers.
Hm, I think that the '-b' option will not change any line count, nor
will it affect any lines that have other changes.
The only difference should be a cleaner (and shorter) patch.
-Tom