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* Re: [PATCH 0/4] doc: some clarifications and warnings
  2021-03-29  8:04  7% [PATCH 0/4] doc: some clarifications and warnings Eric Wong
  2021-03-29  8:04  6% ` [PATCH 2/4] doc: lei q: add warning for --output clobbering Eric Wong
@ 2021-03-29 21:13  0% ` Kyle Meyer
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From: Kyle Meyer @ 2021-03-29 21:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Eric Wong; +Cc: meta

Eric Wong writes:

>   doc: lei q: drop NNTP from --output description

Oops :/

>   doc: lei q: add warning for --output clobbering
>   doc: lei q: clarify default output as stdout
>   doc: lei: update description, add warnings

Thanks for the fixes/improvements.

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* [PATCH 0/4] doc: some clarifications and warnings
@ 2021-03-29  8:04  7% Eric Wong
  2021-03-29  8:04  6% ` [PATCH 2/4] doc: lei q: add warning for --output clobbering Eric Wong
  2021-03-29 21:13  0% ` [PATCH 0/4] doc: some clarifications and warnings Kyle Meyer
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From: Eric Wong @ 2021-03-29  8:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: meta

Eric Wong (4):
  doc: lei q: drop NNTP from --output description
  doc: lei q: add warning for --output clobbering
  doc: lei q: clarify default output as stdout
  doc: lei: update description, add warnings

 Documentation/lei-q.pod |  7 +++++--
 Documentation/lei.pod   | 12 +++++++-----
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

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* [PATCH 2/4] doc: lei q: add warning for --output clobbering
  2021-03-29  8:04  7% [PATCH 0/4] doc: some clarifications and warnings Eric Wong
@ 2021-03-29  8:04  6% ` Eric Wong
  2021-03-29 21:13  0% ` [PATCH 0/4] doc: some clarifications and warnings Kyle Meyer
  1 sibling, 0 replies; 3+ results
From: Eric Wong @ 2021-03-29  8:04 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: meta

The behavior matching mairix still frightens me a bit when it
comes to supporting new users.  On the other hand, I've rarely
ever used --augment with mairix, so I still think the current
(dangerous) behavior makes sense in the context of search results.
---
 Documentation/lei-q.pod | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/lei-q.pod b/Documentation/lei-q.pod
index 8668533a..8d5053cd 100644
--- a/Documentation/lei-q.pod
+++ b/Documentation/lei-q.pod
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ Read search terms from stdin.
 
 =item -o MFOLDER, --output=MFOLDER, --mfolder=MFOLDER
 
+Warning: this clobbers and overwrites the output destination unless
+L</-a, --augment> is specified.
+
 Destination for results (e.g., C<path/to/Maildir>,
 C<imaps://user@mail.example.com/INBOX.test>, or
 C<mboxcl2:path/to/mbox>).  The prefix may be a supported protocol:

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