From: Harald Nordgren <haraldnordgren@gmail.com>
To: kristofferhaugsbakk@fastmail.com
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, gitgitgadget@gmail.com, haraldnordgren@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] remote: add --set-head option to 'git remote add'
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2026 17:15:28 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260426151528.49016-1-haraldnordgren@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c61933c9-e489-4f4f-b4f4-74267d5eb76f@app.fastmail.com>
> I don’t understand why you change the email subjects so often. Right now
> I had three “Wrong subject line” in my inbox with lost threading
> (webmail client) with the only way to distinguish them being that I was
> the the CC on this one.
>
> Most of the time whole 100-email threads like patch series never change
> the subject. And to me it is easier to keep track of those “RE: [PATCH
> v5] florb: drop glorb” than if someone changes the subject to e.g.
> “Regarding memory leaks” because someone found a memory leak in a
> review. Because that was a reply to an email from two days ago, but I’ve
> been a away for a week so I think it’s a new thread about
> something else.
I got some feedback before, not from you, that subject lines should be
more varied, probably there is a golden middle that I need to find.
And I fundamentally agree with you.
Harald
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-26 15:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-24 10:03 [PATCH] checkout: add --fetch to fetch remote before resolving start-point Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-04-24 13:48 ` Ramsay Jones
2026-04-24 17:12 ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-04-25 17:24 ` Comments on Phillip's review Harald Nordgren
2026-04-25 17:44 ` Wrong subject line Harald Nordgren
2026-04-24 17:38 ` [PATCH] checkout: add --fetch to fetch remote before resolving start-point Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-04-25 17:41 ` Comments on Phillip's review Harald Nordgren
2026-04-25 17:44 ` Wrong subject line Harald Nordgren
2026-04-26 7:07 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-04-26 15:15 ` Harald Nordgren [this message]
2026-04-24 17:42 ` [PATCH] checkout: add --fetch to fetch remote before resolving start-point Marc Branchaud
2026-04-25 17:48 ` Wrong subject line Harald Nordgren
2026-04-24 22:21 ` [PATCH] checkout: add --fetch to fetch remote before resolving start-point Junio C Hamano
2026-04-25 2:54 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-25 17:58 ` Multiple remotes Harald Nordgren
2026-04-25 21:57 ` Ben Knoble
2026-04-25 22:54 ` gh Harald Nordgren
2026-04-25 18:12 ` [PATCH v2] checkout: add --fetch to fetch remote before resolving start-point Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-04-26 7:24 ` [PATCH v3] " Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-04-26 15:54 ` Ramsay Jones
2026-04-26 18:32 ` [PATCH v4] " Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-04-28 1:47 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-28 8:44 ` [PATCH] " Harald Nordgren
2026-04-28 9:03 ` [PATCH v5] checkout: extend --track with a "fetch" mode to refresh start-point Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-05-03 20:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-05-03 22:32 ` [PATCH] checkout: add --autostash option for branch switching Harald Nordgren
2026-05-03 22:31 ` [PATCH v6] checkout: extend --track with a "fetch" mode to refresh start-point Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-05-07 20:12 ` Harald Nordgren
2026-05-08 13:15 ` Phillip Wood
2026-05-08 22:40 ` [PATCH] checkout: add --fetch to fetch remote before resolving start-point Harald Nordgren
2026-05-08 22:52 ` [PATCH v7] checkout: extend --track with a "fetch" mode to refresh start-point Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-05-11 13:16 ` Phillip Wood
2026-05-11 13:47 ` [PATCH v8] " Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-05-12 0:32 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-05-12 10:55 ` [PATCH v9] " Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2026-04-25 11:19 [PATCH] remote: add --set-head option to 'git remote add' Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget
2026-04-25 17:20 ` Ben Knoble
2026-04-25 21:58 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-04-25 22:06 ` Jeff King
2026-04-26 8:21 ` Harald Nordgren
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