On 14 March 2014 22:31, John Colvin <john.loughran.colvin@gmail.com> wrote:

I appreciate it would be convenient, but changing compiler versions and patching up the code is a major enough update to justify a branch IMO, let alone just a commit or stash.

Anyway, I don't think it matters that much either way.

Admittedly my experience is limited to git and mercurial, both of which deal with these sorts of situations trivially.

You may be right. I just thought of it as a solution to a suggestion that comes up frequently, but is considered obnoxious by some people.

DMD is no stranger out outputting files beside the compilation output, like the .json file for instance. I would personally find the patch approach convenient, and it could subvert some other issues, like what if there is no write access to the source tree?