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: AS11403 64.147.96.0/19 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.6 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (pb-smtp1.pobox.com [64.147.108.70]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 55AF32018E for ; Tue, 16 Aug 2016 17:10:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 643B4356F9; Tue, 16 Aug 2016 13:10:45 -0400 (EDT) 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=SA4w9VFCJEol6s/wHFyu1+RJd7U=; b=dUqNar 3Bm4bW1kBavZ+JEg9VgyKwA6LBrsChSJnCceWfSiM84theKqODNXlrEnLpUhPBxl 2H2D2FgdQK61mdbck4hDyDXNX/ABH5etlC6v8n3hmC+rjoI6HJQupoQTVimjJReP vSFmMYN8X9ueN17/QQadv98e5wVqvBTO1eK3E= 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=wRgb8va/ulMmbRu1pHYtVHYaX+ZoqP79 CVDtDIJ6RAC3L5XrqSxrIgb4aRC4CwLrNDiRml5D4OHdPD7jXIGodC00rBmBjykv b5Uo0uFTVCwSEIdlYvTSzDLvczqJbhV7MD+j4+ZFdyJcsQisBJqF20wvxTWm3F8P YHmMbwOJfyQ= Received: from pb-smtp1.nyi.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B739356F7; Tue, 16 Aug 2016 13:10:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [104.132.0.95]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp1.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DA0EC356F6; Tue, 16 Aug 2016 13:10:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Junio C Hamano To: Stefan Beller Cc: meta@public-inbox.org, "git\@vger.kernel.org" , Johannes Schindelin , Eric Wong Subject: Re: Working with public-inbox.org [Was: [PATCH] rev-parse: respect core.hooksPath in --git-path] References: Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2016 10:10:42 -0700 In-Reply-To: (Stefan Beller's message of "Tue, 16 Aug 2016 09:55:38 -0700") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 5E620DC6-63D4-11E6-97A3-89D312518317-77302942!pb-smtp1.pobox.com List-Id: Stefan Beller writes: > So as a discussion starter: > * Should git am skip a patch 00/XX automatically ? No. My preference is to add "--initial-skip=", though. When I receive a patch series to reroll another series, I somehow know and verify that earlier N patches have not changed, I detach the HEAD at the last unchanged commit from the previous round and apply the remainder of the new series, so that I can preserve the author timestamps of earlier steps from the previous series. By the time I "know and verify" where the first step that was updated, I have a full series in a single mbox; having "--initial-skip=" would help with that use case, too, and "skipping the first" is a narrow special case of giving N=1. > * Should the public-inbox offer another link to patches 1-n, without > the cover letter? Or should it add instructions: > > If this is a patch series you can apply it locally as: > curl >tmpXXX > git am tmpXXX && git am --skip && git am --continue I do not think it is sensible for "cover-letter" specific instructions. However, I do not think it is unreasonable to either add another mbox.gz link or replace the behaviour of mbox.gz link so that you can grab a mbox that contains "this message and everything after it in the thread". That way, I could open the first message, see something like this I found in your message: >> Thread overview: 4+ messages in thread (expand / mbox.gz / Atom feed / [top]) >> 2016-08-15 23:06 Jacob Keller [this message] >> 2016-08-15 23:07 ` [PATCH v6 1/3] diff.c: remove output_prefix_length field Jacob Keller >> 2016-08-15 23:07 ` [PATCH v6 2/3] graph: add support for --line-prefix on all graph-aware output Jacob Keller >> 2016-08-15 23:07 ` [PATCH v6 3/3] diff: add SUBMODULE_DIFF format to display submodule diff Jacob Keller and then go to 1/3 and click that "this and everything that follows".