From: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
To: Weijie Yuan <wy@wyuan.org>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>,
Tuomas Ahola <taahol@utu.fi>,
Ramsay Jones <ramsay@ramsayjones.plus.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] Documentation/MyFirstContribution: recommend shallow threading
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2026 08:48:27 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aiZlu36Fh020L1Ip@pks.im> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aiACDLOtd_0_CCD7@wyuan.org>
On Wed, Jun 03, 2026 at 06:29:32PM +0800, Weijie Yuan wrote:
> I'm afraid there will be some chaos.
I think "chaos" is a bit exaggerated. We already have both styles on the
mailing list, and I think in general people are able to cope with that
just fine. :)
> As mentioned earlier, GitGitGadget now supports deep nesting of
> iterations, if b4 changes while GitGitGadget doesn't, it would be
> inconsistent in the archive. So, negotiation is necessary here.
That's a good point though -- if we change the recommendation, we should
aim to change it consistently. I'll talk with Dscho (maintainer of GGG)
today.
Thanks!
Patrick
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-08 6:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-02 11:59 [PATCH 0/2] Documentation: recommend the use of b4 Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-02 11:59 ` [PATCH 1/2] b4: introduce configuration for the Git project Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-02 13:32 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-06-02 14:56 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-02 16:23 ` Ramsay Jones
2026-06-03 2:59 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-06-03 6:52 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-02 17:09 ` Tuomas Ahola
2026-06-03 2:12 ` Weijie Yuan
2026-06-03 6:55 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-03 7:50 ` Weijie Yuan
2026-06-03 9:51 ` Weijie Yuan
2026-06-03 11:07 ` SZEDER Gábor
2026-06-03 12:23 ` Weijie Yuan
2026-06-03 13:30 ` Tuomas Ahola
2026-06-04 1:11 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-06-08 6:48 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-08 6:48 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-02 11:59 ` [PATCH 2/2] Documentation/MyFirstContribution: recommend the use of b4 Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-02 16:09 ` Weijie Yuan
2026-06-03 6:54 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-03 7:53 ` Weijie Yuan
2026-06-03 8:00 ` Weijie Yuan
2026-06-03 6:58 ` [PATCH v2 0/3] Documentation: " Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-03 6:58 ` [PATCH v2 1/3] Documentation/MyFirstContribution: recommend shallow threading Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-03 10:01 ` Tuomas Ahola
2026-06-08 6:48 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-03 10:29 ` Weijie Yuan
2026-06-08 6:48 ` Patrick Steinhardt [this message]
2026-06-08 8:31 ` Weijie Yuan
2026-06-03 20:09 ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-06-08 6:48 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-03 6:59 ` [PATCH v2 2/3] Documentation/MyFirstContribution: recommend the use of b4 Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-04 5:25 ` Toon Claes
2026-06-08 6:48 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-03 6:59 ` [PATCH v2 3/3] b4: introduce configuration for the Git project Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-03 13:58 ` Toon Claes
2026-06-08 6:48 ` Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-08 6:49 ` [PATCH v3 0/3] Documentation: recommend the use of b4 Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-08 6:49 ` [PATCH v3 1/3] MyFirstContribution: recommend shallow threading of cover letters Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-08 6:49 ` [PATCH v3 2/3] MyFirstContribution: recommend the use of b4 Patrick Steinhardt
2026-06-08 6:49 ` [PATCH v3 3/3] b4: introduce configuration for the Git project Patrick Steinhardt
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