From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS11403 64.147.96.0/19 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.6 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (pb-smtp2.pobox.com [64.147.108.71]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 204D52018E for ; Tue, 16 Aug 2016 17:54:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D32D34FAB; Tue, 16 Aug 2016 13:54:36 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=t7w39F2efiUx+Lst2KAfwlRnkD8=; b=WY9Icw KAwtSlRWHNj3YmFZylu/No7WQG2sECgySMM822tuSsLIC0EdgZo5UXD6s2N6DgWp opCQDf2Dg5+DwqzJ0Jh7ndHj+xzBifFX1lk98mCMjoLfD35Uybn/a3UnnV0eRc4z YFVNT5Eta/loBSb5hpM63wXAM2qnex9d2FiQs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=OZPwer4jWJO64u9u7vyvqgMW9SqjpFYE fjf18gWQkRZ59z93rMHUUjk5BvAJDS6YAEXPBVEoZpeDcxNJNy1e+VMJNhH9fO53 w2usazljOkF23uSQ/J9KWMODiyk/ImJPgCD1OSiewFt7N2WdTyisvXhsLYVNvV8D KK+Eu6uFDzg= Received: from pb-smtp2.nyi.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 165CA34FAA; Tue, 16 Aug 2016 13:54:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [104.132.0.95]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 964FF34FA8; Tue, 16 Aug 2016 13:54:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Junio C Hamano To: Jeff King Cc: Stefan Beller , meta@public-inbox.org, "git\@vger.kernel.org" , Johannes Schindelin , Eric Wong Subject: Re: Working with public-inbox.org [Was: [PATCH] rev-parse: respect core.hooksPath in --git-path] References: <20160816172022.juqvfn5vwt2pdcyd@sigill.intra.peff.net> Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2016 10:54:33 -0700 In-Reply-To: <20160816172022.juqvfn5vwt2pdcyd@sigill.intra.peff.net> (Jeff King's message of "Tue, 16 Aug 2016 13:20:22 -0400") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 7E6A2954-63DA-11E6-AB2F-EE617A1B28F4-77302942!pb-smtp2.pobox.com List-Id: Jeff King writes: > For my workflow, it is not about "initial skip", but rather just "skip > emails that don't have patches in them at all". OK. That is different from "the subject line says 0/N so let's skip". If we can safely determine that there is no patch in a message, skipping it may feel sensible. Historically, we try to err on the safe side by stopping when we do not understand an input and that is where "Patch is empty" message came from, because skipping and continuing, even with a warning, while applying tons of patches is not good enough to get user's attention. An "ignore empty input" option (and eventually with a configuration) may not be a bad idea.