Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> writes:

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> Emacs wanted to go into its "diff" mode when files are named with
> .patch suffix, 

This is probably the primary reason why I *want* it to be .patch.  The
diff-mode in Emacs is really useful, and read-write mode is only a C-x
C-q away.

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> which had two annoyances (read-only by default, and
> editing patch tried to automatically recount diff and its recounting
> screwed up in some cases I do not remember the details about).

I rarely edit patches, but it has worked for me.

-- 
David Kågedal

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