{"thread":{"id":"46104","subject":"public inbox links, was: Re: preserve untracked cache, was Re: What's cooking in git.git (Jun 2017, #01; Thu, 1)","startedAt":"2017-06-03T00:46:47Z","lastAt":"2017-06-03T01:24:54Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["Stefan Beller","Eric Wong"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"321469","messageId":"CAGZ79kboxyUKy2j2GDZzWhOHeLHM17fYhQ0Wy=HxKaM-zXFC3A@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"46104","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"public inbox links, was: Re: preserve untracked cache, was Re: What's cooking in git.git (Jun 2017, #01; Thu, 1)","fromName":"Stefan Beller","fromEmail":"sbeller@google.com","sentAt":"2017-06-03T00:46:34Z","receivedAt":"2017-06-03T00:46:47Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"stefanbeller@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/455868?v=4"},"body":"On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 5:26 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:\n>\n> Issue #06 of May marked it to be merged to 'next':\n> https://public-inbox.org/git/\n>\n> Issue #07 of May marked it for 'master':\n> https://public-inbox.org/git/\n>\n> Issue #08 of May kept it (i.e. no issues discovered in the\n> meantime):\n> https://public-inbox.org/git/\n>\n> Issue #01 of June reports it in 'master':\n> https://public-inbox.org/git/\n>\n\nToday I learned again how public-inbox is awesome! Thanks Eric!\n\n* You can just copy the message ID INCLUDING the surrounding < >\n and public inbox still just shows you the correct message. I had assumed\n you would need to strip off the < > and I did so since.\n\n* However with the < > unstripped, the awesomeness is limited:\n Some tools (including my mail reader as well as public inbox itself[1])\n do not recognize the link when there are < > in there.\n\nWhile the second point is not the end of the world, it's still\nslightly annoying,\nwhich is why I thought I'll point it out here.\n\n[1] https://public-inbox.org/git/xmqqvaodx6g4.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com/\n\nThanks,\nStefan\n"},{"id":"321472","messageId":"20170603012449.GA20194@dcvr","threadId":"46104","inReplyTo":"CAGZ79kboxyUKy2j2GDZzWhOHeLHM17fYhQ0Wy=HxKaM-zXFC3A@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: public inbox links, was: Re: preserve untracked cache, was Re: What's cooking in git.git (Jun 2017, #01; Thu, 1)","fromName":"Eric Wong","fromEmail":"e@80x24.org","sentAt":"2017-06-03T01:24:49Z","receivedAt":"2017-06-03T01:24:54Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"e@80x24.org","avatar":null},"body":"Stefan Beller wrote:\n> Today I learned again how public-inbox is awesome! Thanks Eric!\n\nYou're welcome :)\n\n> * You can just copy the message ID INCLUDING the surrounding < >\n> and public inbox still just shows you the correct message. I had assumed\n> you would need to strip off the < > and I did so since.\n\nYeah, it's a fallback since it's probably a common mistake.\nAFAIK, git-send-email also avoids redundantly adding '<>' and\nonly adds them if necessary.\n\n> On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 5:26 PM, Junio C Hamano wrote:\n\n> > Issue #01 of June reports it in 'master':\n> > https://public-inbox.org/git/\n>\n> * However with the < > unstripped, the awesomeness is limited:\n> Some tools (including my mail reader as well as public inbox itself[1])\n> do not recognize the link when there are < > in there.\n\nYeah, that's actually bad form on Junio's part. public-inbox\ncan only support it up to an extent...\n\nI seem to recall seeing some standard or style recommendation\nthat URLs (of any type) be surrounded by angle brackets in text:\n\n\n\nSo public-inbox (and other parsers) should stop looking for URLs\noutside of the '<>'\n\nBut I think the newer style manuals state having spaces around the\nURL is enough.\n\n> While the second point is not the end of the world, it's still\n> slightly annoying,\n> which is why I thought I'll point it out here.\n> \n> [1] https://public-inbox.org/git/xmqqvaodx6g4.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com/\n"}]}