From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3.1 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 492F91F4B4 for ; Mon, 28 Sep 2020 19:00:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726348AbgI1TAd (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Sep 2020 15:00:33 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:53778 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726228AbgI1TAc (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Sep 2020 15:00:32 -0400 Received: from mail-pg1-x531.google.com (mail-pg1-x531.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::531]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CE28CC061755 for ; Mon, 28 Sep 2020 12:00:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-pg1-x531.google.com with SMTP id o25so1694439pgm.0 for ; Mon, 28 Sep 2020 12:00:32 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references:mime-version :content-disposition:in-reply-to; bh=BlVu9IQo9mzGw2W3cf5fw/G+AIekBZgBUPJvYYACI0M=; b=AjZJdRQ6dLf4mvf5E+C/y/2h4HFu0D8ycd1rf56zhwZog03EUwf2rqYe2CMInGGuw1 /yp6hSjaxrkP2/QdV9Q17j8o0pGrBxh3oluLoOgNEGlIL0wTrKfJ8llPdgOCaP/217WN SMf2f096F2UnmwnXiqqSPPGVEFTMeCVRGPIyTdh6vn89ruMFJQ+K2436FWyo2lgd0AhI /DBj4fARWy+9Ner7nXRYC2jpUMN0Zz3l5jFYH47ETt/LAw3oZT/IFVVHJJUNVdpQpagU GqM1P7/3MCq5G4P5GnI/FBRCwDkWWDTBahien++2WQk4CzAVrZ4aAk/QrYcRyGItrYuu crvA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:references :mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to; bh=BlVu9IQo9mzGw2W3cf5fw/G+AIekBZgBUPJvYYACI0M=; b=DOHCLC2clVEIl0GBU8d7l5oRxiLexv6BlWtunk22dmWGf6ojw0CqGoqNqPMB6jX4eR Nsj9OqszsmfECZ3o3jNbUPu0j7RuTaJld2PdEqVKhXfd1jAx5tcVrIV7IjBimN8x4rz2 KGwqZU6V1/mw8RskIixkzQgCtRdP+yaLRn1l0lARhdIEFR05cwHZWPYYc9NDWiSyBuTf SPramvP0rtaASYOj/eRhBYnGJoRD0/YXRYTvbCyvNWELCvyoEoI2lBRabE9JaPRkbRUV 4KaiHvRmWk3VGSCglBlmkLvrq8cFqH1PtmZdPKAVXNx13U7qtl7eCxvJq2uS20Njcpb0 3iCQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532ZU3mnubsEny4DrHg73pWyixrnbx1YVVGmjP+gVoeuFXnTD/tr PH+LGJeLdKf3Byiju6Zqzk8= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwsM5JCdnoVjPFIMRvl0yDn5n8TDqmWQxLX5hzbEWtw8qffA38h/DKZR1SXG6+dNIzAR7LZ0Q== X-Received: by 2002:a63:1016:: with SMTP id f22mr387031pgl.226.1601319632232; Mon, 28 Sep 2020 12:00:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from google.com ([2620:15c:2ce:200:a28c:fdff:fee1:cedb]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id a27sm2649416pfk.52.2020.09.28.12.00.31 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Mon, 28 Sep 2020 12:00:31 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2020 12:00:29 -0700 From: Jonathan Nieder To: Junio C Hamano Cc: Evan Gates , git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Doc: note minimum scissors line length for mailinfo Message-ID: <20200928190029.GB2285677@google.com> References: <20200925191659.31375-1-evan.gates@gmail.com> <20200928183559.GA2285677@google.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Junio C Hamano wrote: > It certainly was fun to declare that users can use anything that > look like perforation drawn on paper, and to pile more and more > heuristics to detect such a line. But I think, instead of > describing all these details in the manual, telling the users to > always write "-- >8 --" and nothing else would be a better approach. > > It would save them time. Agreed, I think this is a much better direction. Another advantage is that it makes us easier to change the heuristics, confident that we are training users to aim for the simple and reliable case instead of the edge cases that may need to be tweaked over time. Thanks, Jonathan