From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
To: "Matt Seitz (matseitz)" <matseitz@cisco.com>
Cc: "git@vger.kernel.org" <git@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: git send-email should not allow 'y' for in-reply-to
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:23:25 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20130111212325.GA18193@sigill.intra.peff.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <A0DB01D693D8EF439496BC8B037A0AEF322039A7@xmb-rcd-x15.cisco.com>
On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 08:13:57PM +0000, Matt Seitz (matseitz) wrote:
> > > How about "What Message-ID to use as In-Reply-To for the first email?"
> > > or "Provide the Message-ID to use as In-Reply-To for the first
> > > email:".
> >
> > seem fine to me. Maybe somebody who has been confused by it can offer
> > more. At any rate, patches welcome.
>
> Suggestion: "Message-ID to use as In-Reply-To for the first email:".
>
> Simple and unlikely to generate a "y" or "n" response. Putting
> "Message-ID" first makes it more obvious what data is being asked for
> by this prompt.
You'd think. But the existing message that has been causing problems is:
Message-ID to be used as In-Reply-To for the first email?
which is more or less what you are proposing. I do think a colon rather
than a question mark helps indicate that the response is not yes/no.
-Peff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-01-11 21:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-01-11 20:13 git send-email should not allow 'y' for in-reply-to Matt Seitz (matseitz)
2013-01-11 21:23 ` Jeff King [this message]
2013-01-11 21:53 ` Antoine Pelisse
2013-01-11 22:18 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-01-11 22:42 ` Antoine Pelisse
2013-01-11 23:54 ` Junio C Hamano
2013-01-12 1:02 ` Ben Aveling
2013-01-12 2:56 ` Junio C Hamano
[not found] <1357885869-20815-1-git-send-email-cyliu@suse.com>
[not found] ` <50EFD066.60501@redhat.com>
2013-01-11 16:39 ` Eric Blake
2013-01-11 16:47 ` Jeff King
2013-01-11 17:51 ` Eric Blake
2013-01-11 18:43 ` Hilco Wijbenga
2013-01-11 18:54 ` Jeff King
2013-02-24 9:03 ` Junio C Hamano
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