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=-3.8 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, 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 9ECA51F4B4 for ; Mon, 28 Sep 2020 19:42:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726610AbgI1Tm4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Sep 2020 15:42:56 -0400 Received: from ikke.info ([178.21.113.177]:49976 "EHLO vps892.directvps.nl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726325AbgI1Tm4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Sep 2020 15:42:56 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 562 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Mon, 28 Sep 2020 15:42:55 EDT Received: by vps892.directvps.nl (Postfix, from userid 1008) id C8C6F44012C; Mon, 28 Sep 2020 21:33:32 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2020 21:33:32 +0200 From: Kevin Daudt To: Evan Gates Cc: Jonathan Nieder , Junio C Hamano , git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Doc: note minimum scissors line length for mailinfo Message-ID: <20200928193332.GA2986883@alpha> Mail-Followup-To: Kevin Daudt , Evan Gates , Jonathan Nieder , Junio C Hamano , git@vger.kernel.org References: <20200928190029.GB2285677@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 On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 12:20:31PM -0700, Evan Gates wrote: > On Mon Sep 28, 2020 at 12:00 PM PDT, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > > 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. > > Sounds good to me. How about: > > Remove everything in body before a scissors line ("-- >8 --"). The line > represents scissors and perforation marks, and is used to request the > reader to cut the message at that line. If that line appears in the > body of the message before the patch, everything before it (including > the scissors line itself) is ignored when this option is used. > > Etiquette question: Should a v2 patch be a new thread or reply to > this one? Typically you would reply to this thread, ie, to 20200925191659.31375-1-evan.gates@gmail.com Kevin