On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 07:23:04PM -0600, Alex Henrie wrote:
> When I saw Brian's email today, my first thought was "What was I
> thinking?" My mistake was pretty obvious. Then I remembered that when
> I wrote the original patch, I wasn't sure where to set the default
> value, because there were no clear examples in this file. Now that
> we've established a clear precedent for setting the log.decorate
> default (and other defaults like it) in init_log_defaults, I don't
> expect any more problems with log.decorate. And since it's not
> practical to add tests for similar bugs for every command and
> configuration option in Git, we'll just have to be a little more
> vigilant about code review.
> 
> Again, I apologize for the trouble.

Everyone sends a patch that breaks sometimes (I've broken kernel.org's
infrastructure).  We try hard to avoid it, but we don't always succeed.
I appreciate your review on my patch and suggestion on how to improve
it, and I hope this won't put you off from further contributions.
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