Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] git-submodule.sh: convert part of cmd_update to C

[Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>]

Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:

>> As I most often edit the log message and material below three-dash
>> lines (long) _after_ format-patch produced files, I do not think it
>> is a win to force me to push and ask to pull
>
> Ah, that is an interesting workflow. Do you keep patch files/emails
> around locally, only to (long after) add a message and resend it?

The time I "finish" working on a series and commit is typically much
closer to the time I format-patch the result, but it will take time
for me to actually mail out these files.  It will take time to
re-review and re-think if the explanation in them makes sense to
readers, and sending half-edited patch is something I try to avoid
as it would be a waste of time for everybody involved (including me
who would then need to respond to messages that helpfully point out
silly typoes, in addition to those who spots them).

I am trained myself not to touch these files after sending them out,
as comparing them with a newer iteration of the correspoinding files
was one way to see what has (and hasn't) changed between iterations
before I learned "git tbdiff", and that habit persists.