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I am sad I read this, because patch is perfect, but I doubt they will change the language again.
by 0cf8612b2e1e 2y ago
I am sad I read this, because patch is perfect, but I doubt they will change the language again.
- arccy 2y agopatch sounds too specific... like an actual patch file tied to the actual contents of the patch. change is probably the right word, you want to change something, the exact operations of the change (multiple revisions of different patches) can evolve over time.
- 0cf8612b2e1e 2y agoMaybe because I have never used an actual patch file, but patch just feels right to me. As an end user, a patch is an intentional delta blob resulting in some difference to the software. Writing software is just organizing those deltas. If I need to cherry pick between branches, pulling a patch from one to another feels more right than “changes” as a collective object. Oh well, naming things is hard.