Re: [PATCH] git-am: Handle "git show" output correctly

2012-09-12 Thread Junio C Hamano
Dan Johnson writes: > I was assuming Peter would accept the patch, and reply with a "in the > future, please submit the output of format-patch", thus correcting the > submitter's behavior. This warning would serve someone who did not > know that they wanted the output of format-patch, and hopeful

Re: [PATCH] git-am: Handle "git show" output correctly

2012-09-12 Thread Andreas Ericsson
On 09/13/2012 12:19 AM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Dan Johnson writes: > >>> Not really. If we start encouraging people to use "git show" output >>> as a kosher input to "am", we would have to support such use >>> forever, and we end up painting ourselves in a corner we cannot get >>> out of easily

Re: [PATCH] git-am: Handle "git show" output correctly

2012-09-12 Thread Dan Johnson
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 6:19 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Dan Johnson writes: > >>> Not really. If we start encouraging people to use "git show" output >>> as a kosher input to "am", we would have to support such use >>> forever, and we end up painting ourselves in a corner we cannot get >>> out

Re: [PATCH] git-am: Handle "git show" output correctly

2012-09-12 Thread Junio C Hamano
Dan Johnson writes: >> Not really. If we start encouraging people to use "git show" output >> as a kosher input to "am", we would have to support such use >> forever, and we end up painting ourselves in a corner we cannot get >> out of easily. > > If git am emitted a warning when accepting "git

Re: [PATCH] git-am: Handle "git show" output correctly

2012-09-12 Thread Dan Johnson
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 5:18 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Peter Jones writes: > >> Well, if that happens, maybe we could regexp match on >> "[[:alnum:]_-]+: /someexprthatlookslikeanemailaddress/" ? > > I doubt that would be even reliably done. > >> But we could >> also just wait to cross that brid

Re: [PATCH] git-am: Handle "git show" output correctly

2012-09-12 Thread Junio C Hamano
Peter Jones writes: > Well, if that happens, maybe we could regexp match on > "[[:alnum:]_-]+: /someexprthatlookslikeanemailaddress/" ? I doubt that would be even reliably done. > But we could > also just wait to cross that bridge until we get to it? Not really. If we start encouraging people

Re: [PATCH] git-am: Handle "git show" output correctly

2012-09-12 Thread Peter Jones
On Wed, 2012-09-12 at 13:06 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Peter Jones writes: > > > This patch adds the ability for "git am" to accept patches in the format > > generated by "git show". Some people erroneously use "git show" instead > > of "git format-patch", and it's nice as a maintainer to be

Re: [PATCH] git-am: Handle "git show" output correctly

2012-09-12 Thread Junio C Hamano
Peter Jones writes: > This patch adds the ability for "git am" to accept patches in the format > generated by "git show". Some people erroneously use "git show" instead > of "git format-patch", and it's nice as a maintainer to be able to > easily take their patch rather than going back and forth

Re: [PATCH] [git-am] Handle "git show" output correctly

2012-09-12 Thread Junio C Hamano
Peter Jones writes: > Let me put it a different way - if you won't accept git-am handling "git > show" output because "git show" has output that wasn't designed to be > parsed ever, would you be opposed to a patch that switches the "git > show" output to be something usable? The output from the

Re: [PATCH] [git-am] Handle "git show" output correctly

2012-09-12 Thread Peter Jones
On Wed, 2012-09-12 at 10:32 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote: > We do not want to apply "git show" output that munges the log > message, period. > > If you want to give patches to somebody (or to yourself) via e-mail > or via sneaker-net, "git format-patch" is there for you. Do not > butcher "am" to a

Re: [PATCH] [git-am] Handle "git show" output correctly

2012-09-12 Thread Junio C Hamano
Matthieu Moy writes: > Peter Jones writes: > >> Subject: [PATCH] [git-am] Handle "git show" output correctly > > The convention in Git is ": " (i.e. no > brackets around git-am, just am: and no capital for Handle). > > My other concerns (name of stgit, multi-lines subject lines and lack of > doc

Re: [PATCH] [git-am] Handle "git show" output correctly

2012-09-12 Thread Matthieu Moy
Peter Jones writes: > Subject: [PATCH] [git-am] Handle "git show" output correctly The convention in Git is ": " (i.e. no brackets around git-am, just am: and no capital for Handle). My other concerns (name of stgit, multi-lines subject lines and lack of documentation) still hold. -- Matthieu