Hey Bastien,

Apologies for the delay and thanks for the quick response!

On 2026-05-14 06:41, Bastien wrote:
> - The label in the subject ([BUG], [PATCH], [POLL], ...) now decides
>   a report's type, replacing the previous "patch content always
>   wins".
> 
> - So a [BUG] with a .patch attachment is now a :bug, not a :patch,
>   but still keeps the patch metadata on the bug entity.

This does the right thing in all the examples I kept.  If the initial
patch does end up being applied, it could just be clarified when
closing the original report (or not), e.g.

  Subject: Re: [BUG] something bad

  Fixed, by the patch in the original report applied as ‘5f8fe990e’ on
  bugfix.

On 2026-05-14 07:22, Rens Oliemans wrote:
> I guess my intuition is that false negatives are worse than false
> positives, but perhaps others (who frequent the tracker more than I
> do) might disagree.

1+, it’s easier to identify false positives in the tracker and deal
with them than to search the archives manually for false negatives.

On 2026-05-14 06:41, Bastien wrote:
> - What about a reply to a bug/request shipping .patch attachment or
>   an inline diff? It is not recognized as a standalone patch
>   anymore, but it will credits its author as acked/owned on the
>   parent report.

On 2026-05-15 05:53, Bastien Guerry wrote:
> I've tighten the rule so that a patch either has a [PATCH] or a
> well-formatted patch (with git format-patch).
> 
> So inline diffs and quick git diff > x.patch with no explicit
> [PATCH] in the subject are not promoted as patch by BARK, they are
> just code for comment in a thread.

I like this approach!  Certainly a lot better than another keyword.
Between the two scenarios I think my original question is answered.

Thanks for all your work on BARK, it’s been a pleasure to use.

Best,

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