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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox•com>
To: Stan Hu <stanhu@gmail•com>
Cc: git@vger•kernel.org,  Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks•im>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] MyFirstContribution: configure shallow threads for git format-patch
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2023 03:06:27 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqlea436xo.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e197cbd28135df5523ff5ba1688566edb831f037.1701927372.git.stanhu@gmail.com> (Stan Hu's message of "Wed, 6 Dec 2023 21:46:26 -0800")

Stan Hu <stanhu@gmail•com> writes:

> +[[configure-shallow-threads]]
> +=== Configuring shallow threads for `git format-patch`
> +
> +It is common practice on the Git mailing list to use "shallow" threads,
> +where every mail is a reply to the first mail of the series. You can
> +configure the default threading style of `git format-patch` via:
> +
> +-----
> +$ git config format.thread shallow
> +----


Hmph, I do not think I have such an option defined, yet I send out
my series as "shallow" threads.  I think the new description is
somewhat misleading as-is.  Isn't it applicable ONLY to those who
let "format-patch" decide the message ID for patches?  If the user
lets "git send-email" assign the message IDs (and hence the thread
structure), the configuration variable would not apply, no?

      reply	other threads:[~2023-12-08 18:06 UTC|newest]

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2023-12-07  5:46 ` [PATCH 1/1] MyFirstContribution: configure shallow threads for git format-patch Stan Hu
2023-12-08 18:06   ` Junio C Hamano [this message]

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