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-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.1 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_NONE shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D7DFD1F454 for ; Sat, 2 Nov 2019 04:53:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726220AbfKBExc (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Nov 2019 00:53:32 -0400 Received: from pb-smtp2.pobox.com ([64.147.108.71]:50819 "EHLO pb-smtp2.pobox.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726080AbfKBExb (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Nov 2019 00:53:31 -0400 Received: from pb-smtp2.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AAF92F119; Sat, 2 Nov 2019 00:53:29 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=9f2isN6kbGJqD/7QKvBVtEuHomQ=; b=k2O4Qi 0M5akEuTEKN+tN6Q2EL0XXvxo70Jf8onXyMrGdHdFUbJIhYROFnxIdp8TrPlPzAk eAXgck+bjq5dGUJbpprUHfrc12dyebuB98mWPJ5zSPsGECL3Rcf/MLmB4LDXMAo0 P3OS7uaxnOFFX+iMS19D8n3F29G9I4OLgcgQY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=S6/p56uLhwG8v1c3af0zN6sQepIZ3DUM lpLBS304+YiJxKD+zDe2JUTutLf5kjKmHi2FIjQyRsIwfFsA2lLh7c03gEJOWCib SCEgyRz/Ug5G3PVLU4lFDdqPRPlYK24uoiOSctDUPYR0hAjrACvuCoWg+4Tn9Wms B1LkOuQYOD4= Received: from pb-smtp2.nyi.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 911D02F118; Sat, 2 Nov 2019 00:53:29 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [34.76.80.147]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id F31192F117; Sat, 2 Nov 2019 00:53:28 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) From: Junio C Hamano To: Jeff King Cc: phillip.wood@dunelm.org.uk, Denton Liu , Johannes Schindelin , Git Mailing List Subject: Re: git branch --edit-description a custom file References: <20191030183950.GA21277@generichostname> <20191030202835.GB29013@sigill.intra.peff.net> <20191030224328.GB44961@generichostname> <20191031061832.GA20830@sigill.intra.peff.net> <20191031181920.GB70819@generichostname> <4ef79cfb-b970-2b2b-131d-3f47e6b0e308@gmail.com> <20191031200739.GA19313@sigill.intra.peff.net> Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2019 13:53:28 +0900 In-Reply-To: <20191031200739.GA19313@sigill.intra.peff.net> (Jeff King's message of "Thu, 31 Oct 2019 16:07:39 -0400") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Pobox-Relay-ID: B6489E0C-FD2C-11E9-8B66-D1361DBA3BAF-77302942!pb-smtp2.pobox.com Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Jeff King writes: > There was some work by Johan Herland around the v1.8 time-frame, but it > stalled: > > https://public-inbox.org/git/AANLkTi=yFwOAQMHhvLsB1_xmYOE9HHP2YB4H4TQzwwc8@mail.gmail.com/ > > And here's some later discussion: > > https://public-inbox.org/git/CA+P7+xpj+8DZ=K0pna299Mu3nsQ4+JV_JUK=WFzzAFnJN+Bkbg@mail.gmail.com/ > > So in short, I agree very much with the direction you're discussing, but > I think there's some fundamental work that needs done first. Yes, I think this comes up from time to time in different guise. I thik the latest iteration is in the thread: https://public-inbox.org/git/CA+P7+xpdYMA8L-_Y+W5q7_zbj9RNcH1erY=dVbDG-EDOiHhTwA@mail.gmail.com/