From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matt McCutchen Subject: Re: update_linked_gitdir writes relative path to .git/worktrees//gitdir Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2016 15:05:54 -0500 Message-ID: <1455048354.2511.199.camel@mattmccutchen.net> References: <1454789548.23898.223.camel@mattmccutchen.net> <1454893478.2511.5.camel@mattmccutchen.net> <20160208135607.GB27054@sigill.intra.peff.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: git To: Junio C Hamano , Jeff King X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Tue Feb 09 21:06:06 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aTEY0-0003XP-VJ for gcvg-git-2@plane.gmane.org; Tue, 09 Feb 2016 21:06:05 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932406AbcBIUGA convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Feb 2016 15:06:00 -0500 Received: from homie.mail.dreamhost.com ([208.97.132.208]:58424 "EHLO homiemail-a14.g.dreamhost.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753623AbcBIUF7 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Feb 2016 15:05:59 -0500 Received: from homiemail-a14.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by homiemail-a14.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CB9539207E; Tue, 9 Feb 2016 12:05:59 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=mattmccutchen.net; h= message-id:subject:from:to:cc:date:in-reply-to:references :content-type:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; s= mattmccutchen.net; bh=2LhRUN6fhPAjPscNywS6fK5Yi04=; b=AtFIHNYSxX bxk9SX8zXXLvXygpWRX4ZwnTGouD/OQjiEpkD+PS3/gZtMOc8N1bBaCEdkPXbaWc ocgjJTZCe84X/0/cqXpn0ukggIJ1tJYpLtKzH48SZL7pF94mtS2zcsREEOnh3xc4 mdnS6K2o1WEWzQPLW5AlwUjzfNsX0d2L8= Received: from main (30-9-175.wireless.csail.mit.edu [128.30.9.175]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: matt@mattmccutchen.net) by homiemail-a14.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A2F20392075; Tue, 9 Feb 2016 12:05:58 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Evolution 3.18.4 (3.18.4-1.fc23) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: On Mon, 2016-02-08 at 14:16 -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote: > Jeff King writes: >=20 > > FWIW, as the person who wrote that section, I think that is a good > > addition.=C2=A0=C2=A0We do have a link to Simon Tatham's bug-report= ing guide, but > > this is a good place to put project-specific advice. > >=20 > > In addition to "try it on next" you may want to also mention "try i= t on > > the latest version of git". That is another frequently given pointe= r to > > bug reporters.=C2=A0=C2=A0Trying "next" is obviously a superset, bu= t I suspect > > trying a released version may be an easier first step for some peop= le. >=20 > Yes, definitely. >=20 > I agree that testing with the latest released version would > typically be much easier to end users than building from the source. > It would reduce the need for "Ah, that's ancient issue, we know it > was fixed a few releases ago." responses by us; I do not recall many > of such responses in the recent history on the list, though. >=20 > For the ones who are more into the spirit of helping each other who > can build from the source to help us even more, checking 'master' > and finding regressions before it gets too late is a very good > thing.=C2=A0=C2=A0Checking 'next' and confirming an upcoming fix is e= qually > valuable. OK, so this testing is an encouragement, not an expectation per se, even if bug reports may be less likely to get attention without it (I'm not familiar with the degree to which this may have been the case recently). =C2=A0See my revised proposed text here: https://github.com/git/git-scm.com/pull/676/files I'll send an analogous patch for the git(1) man page in a moment. I left a mention of providing feedback on pending fixes but thought it would be too much to go into the details of how to identify whether there is a pending fix. =C2=A0Is this sensible? Matt