From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, FROM_EXCESS_BASE64,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF9521F404 for ; Thu, 30 Aug 2018 12:30:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1728755AbeH3Qby (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Aug 2018 12:31:54 -0400 Received: from mail-wm0-f50.google.com ([74.125.82.50]:32873 "EHLO mail-wm0-f50.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728713AbeH3Qbx (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Aug 2018 12:31:53 -0400 Received: by mail-wm0-f50.google.com with SMTP id i134-v6so1726183wmf.0 for ; Thu, 30 Aug 2018 05:29:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:user-agent:in-reply-to:date :message-id:mime-version; bh=02KcdmRZlleHMh2iDPco7MlkCqmHeT7KWPkfb6PuAv4=; b=m8UcLCHHcWwWtvsZyTPObsHbZw0UFXCTJDAupyLiU1SxW/LzJMRwd0E1cjvc4xVYvh peZWEVdl8A2I17kg2N+GrC4Qtr4Y3X5/aSiWsTfvM3ZH7TpVX0azzKSdq1CE1MQPJ78/ 5SqQ04h2Z1CJJa80aZ6DTua7BcThbCzG1QENl4oU5mlyfsbiNk2Xn0I6d9KV5wOr6S1E 642I/7GsAW8ZcxxoI3i0d8sJezHBR7hmhMz+P2ZMgOPtPJBVrioo7JpQ/JAC7QOJkF8H A/loZn/HT7+WBdDXLmD9xjNmPnyVcotFgiB0InQNhMTOKqHvjg0tI1sNThdFKUuBd25k gYbQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:references:user-agent :in-reply-to:date:message-id:mime-version; bh=02KcdmRZlleHMh2iDPco7MlkCqmHeT7KWPkfb6PuAv4=; b=dYlmndPNtDd+xc4KjQzPbF64EN1XEYsNVRQT3qKeipCYaOJ/EFzhyAIYChTmSwdkDj rpu+7vgHaKMFY0MDV6LqUiNzk2ezPp1FoU5+Yl7Ot6oh8TbqZf6EcskSVwVIIEqaFJJl Iv5W69J/5yRpff9DjrLp1hRqsQMMW2vsv4mjS2GuwyFQx1rR3gR7POKsoZ70PKlPl4hn Na+dJ/TQ5dbgZtnQD9OUQec17n/7yO66/dGo6otK8RPAxZTuQvvCZt/SKyw5atCnJw3X 0yL89vqklIsuyhwsfGLAXHs3l105puj9TZbMyThdPY+F2K/H+7o6CDuBKcuI49HDIz48 mSBw== X-Gm-Message-State: APzg51AC+MFV4posTurVZIRuYXepaTPgnObU/ZR/SLVD2SptpRGDoMeL BAYmENc5g3wGd72cZ/ts1lbdMR32 X-Google-Smtp-Source: ANB0VdZqrKeX6dwUxzl+mTzOjHEr2PE7u0n1A0Ck5tN0wKN0ZDYg+6pQTuzMd8y+XxZ4J1oS9CHRjw== X-Received: by 2002:a1c:b984:: with SMTP id j126-v6mr1598568wmf.25.1535632197216; Thu, 30 Aug 2018 05:29:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from evledraar ([5.57.21.50]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id w4-v6sm6731504wro.24.2018.08.30.05.29.56 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Thu, 30 Aug 2018 05:29:56 -0700 (PDT) From: =?utf-8?B?w4Z2YXIgQXJuZmrDtnLDsA==?= Bjarmason To: Johannes Schindelin Cc: Junio C Hamano , Ulrich Gemkow , git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Trivial enhancement: All commands which require an author should accept --author References: <201808282305.29407.ulrich.gemkow@ikr.uni-stuttgart.de> User-agent: Debian GNU/Linux testing (buster); Emacs 25.2.2; mu4e 1.1.0 In-reply-to: Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2018 14:29:55 +0200 Message-ID: <87r2igca0s.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Aug 30 2018, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > Hi Junio, > > On Wed, 29 Aug 2018, Junio C Hamano wrote: > >> Johannes Schindelin writes: >> >> > The `stash` command only incidentally requires that the author is set, as >> > it calls `git commit` internally (which records the author). As stashes >> > are intended to be local only, that author information was never meant to >> > be a vital part of the `stash`. >> > >> > I could imagine that an even better enhancement request would ask for `git >> > stash` to work even if `user.name` is not configured. >> >> This would make a good bite-sized microproject, worth marking it as >> #leftoverbits unless somebody is already working on it ;-) > > Right. > > What is our currently-favored approach to this, again? Do we have a > favorite wiki page to list those, or do we have a bug tracker for such > mini-projects? > > Once I know, I will add this, with enough information to get anybody > interested started. I believe the "official" way, such as it is, is you just put #leftoverbits in your E-Mail, then search the list archives, e.g. https://public-inbox.org/git/?q=%23leftoverbits So e.g. I've taken to putting this in my own E-Mails where I spot something I'd like to note as a TODO that I (or someone else) could work on later: https://public-inbox.org/git/?q=%23leftoverbits+f%3Aavarab%40gmail.com