From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
Cc: "René Scharfe" <l.s.r@web.de>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: bug? illegal text in commit log
Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 08:17:50 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqlfpfg05t.fsf@gitster-ct.c.googlers.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200206012854-mutt-send-email-mst@kernel.org> (Michael S. Tsirkin's message of "Thu, 6 Feb 2020 01:34:11 -0500")
"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com> writes:
> It might be intended for other purposes, for example instructions:
>
> To try out the new foobar flag, execute the following script:
>
> git apply --foobar << EOF
> --- a.txt 2020-02-04 01:09:27.927026571 -0500
> +++ c.txt 2020-02-04 01:06:57.404688233 -0500
> @@ -1 +1 @@
> -AA
> +BB
> EOF
>
> indenting would break the script, and make it harder for users
> to follow the instructions.
Sorry, but that sounds like a made-up example to me.
Why would anybody write that in the log message, instead of placing
it in the documentation? The log message will be lost to those who
receive tarballs, and even to those who clone the source it needs
active effort to dig one particular change out.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-02-06 16:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-02-04 6:14 bug? illegal text in commit log Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-02-04 21:10 ` René Scharfe
2020-02-04 21:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-02-06 6:34 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-02-06 16:17 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2020-02-06 16:45 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-02-06 17:30 ` René Scharfe
2020-02-07 5:40 ` Junio C Hamano
2020-02-07 20:30 ` René Scharfe
2020-02-12 2:24 ` Jeff King
2020-02-06 23:56 ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2020-02-07 11:02 ` Pratyush Yadav
2020-02-07 20:31 ` René Scharfe
2020-02-07 21:12 ` Junio C Hamano
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