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contrib: patch review plugin for vim 7.0 The plugin takes an 'hg export'ed patch (in fact any single or multi file patch) and opens multiple tabs containing vim diff/merge windows for each affected file in the patch allowing full visual code reviews.
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date Sat, 27 May 2006 20:44:53 -0700
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1 *patchreview.txt* Vim global plugin for doing single or multipatch code reviews
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3 Author: Manpreet Singh (junkblocker-CAT-yahoo-DOG-com)
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4 (Replace -CAT- and -DOG- with @ and . first)
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5 Copyright (C) 2006 by Manpreet Singh
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6 License : This file is placed in the public domain.
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8 =============================================================================
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10 CONTENTS *patchreview* *patchreview-contents*
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12 1. Contents.........................................: |patchreview-contents|
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13 2. Introduction.....................................: |patchreview-intro|
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14 3. PatchReview options..............................: |patchreview-options|
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15 4. PatchReview Usage................................: |patchreview-usage|
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16 4.1 PatchReview Usage............................: |:PatchReview|
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17 4.2 PatchReview Usage............................: |:PatchReviewCleanup|
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19 =============================================================================
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21 PatchReview Introduction *patchreview-intro*
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23 The Patch Review plugin allows single or multipatch code review to be done in
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24 VIM. VIM provides the |:diffpatch| command to do single file reviews but can
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25 not handle patch files containing multiple patches as is common with software
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26 development projects. This plugin provides that missing functionality. It also
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27 tries to improve on |:diffpatch|'s behaviour of creating the patched files in
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28 the same directory as original file which can lead to project workspace
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29 pollution.
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31 =============================================================================
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33 PatchReview Options *patchreview-options*
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35 g:patchreview_filterdiff : Optional path to filterdiff binary. PatchReview
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36 tries to locate filterdiff on system path
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37 automatically. If the binary is not on system
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38 path, this option tell PatchReview the full path
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39 to the binary. This option, if specified,
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40 overrides the default filterdiff binary on the
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41 path.
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43 examples:
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44 (On Windows with Cygwin)
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46 let g:patchreview_filterdiff = 'c:\\cygwin\\bin\\filterdiff.exe'
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48 (On *nix systems)
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50 let g:patchreview_filterdiff = '/usr/bin/filterdiff'
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52 g:patchreview_patch : Optional path to patch binary. PatchReview tries
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53 to locate patch on system path automatically. If
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54 the binary is not on system path, this option
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55 tell PatchReview the full path to the binary.
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56 This option, if specified, overrides the default
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57 patch binary on the path.
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59 examples:
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60 (On Windows with Cygwin)
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62 let g:patchreview_patch = 'c:\\cygwin\\bin\\patch.exe'
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64 (On *nix systems)
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66 let g:patchreview_patch = '/usr/bin/gpatch'
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69 g:patchreview_tmpdir : Optional path where the plugin can save temporary
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70 files. If this is not specified, the plugin tries to
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71 use TMP, TEMP and TMPDIR environment variables in
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72 succession.
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74 examples:
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75 (On Windows) let g:patchreview_tmpdir = 'c:\\tmp'
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76 (On *nix systems) let g:patchreview_tmpdir = '~/tmp'
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80 PatchReview Usage *patchreview-usage*
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81 *:PatchReview*
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83 :PatchReview patchfile_path [optional_source_directory]
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85 Perform a patch review in the current directory based on the supplied
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86 patchfile_path. If optional_source_directory is specified, patchreview is
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87 done on that directory. Othewise, the current directory is assumed to be
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88 the source directory.
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89 *:PatchReviewCleanup*
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91 :PatchReviewCleanup
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93 After you are done using the :PatchReview command, you can cleanup the
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94 temporary files in the temporary directory using this command.
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96 =============================================================================
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97 vim: ft=help:ts=2:sts=2:sw=2:tw=78:tw=78