[Openmp-dev] Splitting version changes

[Hal Finkel]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "C Bergström" <cbergstrom at pathscale.com>
> To: "James H Cownie" <james.h.cownie at intel.com>
> Cc: openmp-dev at dcs-maillist2.engr.illinois.edu
> Sent: Wednesday, October 8, 2014 3:24:31 AM
> Subject: Re: [Openmp-dev] Splitting version changes
> 
> On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 2:51 PM, Cownie, James H <
> james.h.cownie at intel.com > wrote:
> 
> 
> Over on the commits list Hal pointed out that
> 
> > These things, and the license headers, should really be committed
> > separately.
> > There are several different ways to separate a patch file into
> > separate commits
> > (and at least several of us here who have experience doing surgery
> > on patches).
> > Feel free to ask for advice (might as well do it on the dev list:
> > it is a common problem), and you shall receive it.
> 
> So, Hal, please enlighten us.
> 
> 
> 
> I am unfamiliar with any common practice to separate license headers,
> copyright notices or similar into an independent commit. When such
> things are broadly changed I could see that being independent, but
> new code should just come with the headers in tact (and correct). I
> think I'm not getting all the context, but please do feel free to
> clarify if there is some precedent for this.

You're correct, I'm referring only to the large-scale updating of existing files.

 -Hal

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Hal Finkel
Assistant Computational Scientist
Leadership Computing Facility
Argonne National Laboratory