From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from localhost (dcvr.yhbt.net [127.0.0.1]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8997E1F859; Tue, 16 Aug 2016 20:56:36 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2016 20:56:36 +0000 From: Eric Wong To: Junio C Hamano , Stefan Beller Cc: meta@public-inbox.org, git@vger.kernel.org, Johannes Schindelin Subject: Re: Working with public-inbox.org [Was: [PATCH] rev-parse: respect core.hooksPath in --git-path] Message-ID: <20160816205636.GA15363@dcvr> References: <20160816204411.GA31448@dcvr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20160816204411.GA31448@dcvr> List-Id: Eric Wong wrote: > Currently for web users, I suggest: > > curl $URL >tmpXXX > > # open tmpXXXX and tag+copy to patchesXXX using MUA of choice: > # (also seems to be what Jeff describes): > mutt -f tmpXXX > > git am patchesXXXX I should add this is also a better match to an "offline first" workflow for disconnected use. My Internet connections drop all the time :< I don't mind people over-downloading at all, and stuffing an extra cover + comments is likely more efficient with gzip than going back online to fetch separately. > Perhaps adding checkbox next to each item might work as a > select-to-include-in-mbox download form. ...So I'm not sure if I want to invest time into this idea since either the server or user could be offline by the time messages are selected.