{"thread":{"id":"47718","subject":"Bug/comment","startedAt":"2018-01-29T23:21:51Z","lastAt":"2018-01-31T17:39:04Z","messageCount":3,"participants":["Ilija Pecelj","Andrew Ardill","Kaartic Sivaraam"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"337766","messageId":"2df7b921-6fe2-d55f-4ef0-3f4f0bd69261@gmail.com","threadId":"47718","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Bug/comment","fromName":"Ilija Pecelj","fromEmail":"pecelj@gmail.com","sentAt":"2018-01-29T23:21:44Z","receivedAt":"2018-01-29T23:21:51Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"pecelj@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"Though it might not be considered a bug 'per se' it is definitely wired. \nNamely, when you type 'yes' word and hit enter in git bash for widnows, \nthe process enters infinite loop and just prints 'y' letter in new line. \nIt can be interrupted with CTRL+C. I'm not sure if it has any other \nconsequences other than printing letter 'y' in infinite loop.\n\n\nCheers,\n\nIlija\n\n"},{"id":"337767","messageId":"CAH5451=Xdotsk-t56ZPdybuAURYbHYe8xzD7uU+ZZjSu3YtyWQ@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"47718","inReplyTo":"2df7b921-6fe2-d55f-4ef0-3f4f0bd69261@gmail.com","subject":"Re: Bug/comment","fromName":"Andrew Ardill","fromEmail":"andrew.ardill@gmail.com","sentAt":"2018-01-30T00:02:17Z","receivedAt":"2018-01-30T00:03:06Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"andrew.ardill@gmail.com","avatar":"https://gravatar.com/avatar/da14cb7c091dd44dc6c63a4d3361b149acaf25226dc78eb4131a17b93d9b0993?d=mp&s=160"},"body":"Hi Ilija,\n\nOn 30 January 2018 at 10:21, Ilija Pecelj <pecelj@gmail.com> wrote:\n> Though it might not be considered a bug 'per se' it is definitely wired.\n> Namely, when you type 'yes' word and hit enter in git bash for widnows, the\n> process enters infinite loop and just prints 'y' letter in new line.\n\nWhat you are seeing is a program called `yes`, the job of which is to\nprint the letter 'y' (or something else if requested) on a new line as\noften as it can.\n\nIt is used, for example, when you want to answer 'yes' to all the\nprompts a program may ask. See more at\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes_(Unix)\n\nI agree it's a little weird if you have no idea what it's doing, but\nit is very useful and very old, used by many many different scripts\netc, and so unlikely to change.\n\nRegards,\n\nAndrew Ardill\n"},{"id":"337967","messageId":"c5b7b176-6814-66ac-fdd8-f90b0cc67649@gmail.com","threadId":"47718","inReplyTo":"CAH5451=Xdotsk-t56ZPdybuAURYbHYe8xzD7uU+ZZjSu3YtyWQ@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Bug/comment","fromName":"Kaartic Sivaraam","fromEmail":"kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com","sentAt":"2018-01-31T17:38:49Z","receivedAt":"2018-01-31T17:39:04Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"kaartic.sivaraam@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12448084?v=4"},"body":"On Tuesday 30 January 2018 05:32 AM, Andrew Ardill wrote:\n> Hi Ilija,\n> \n> On 30 January 2018 at 10:21, Ilija Pecelj <pecelj@gmail.com> wrote:\n>> Though it might not be considered a bug 'per se' it is definitely wired.\n>> Namely, when you type 'yes' word and hit enter in git bash for widnows, the\n>> process enters infinite loop and just prints 'y' letter in new line.\n>\n> ...\n>\n> I agree it's a little weird if you have no idea what it's doing, but\n> it is very useful and very old, used by many many different scripts\n> etc, and so unlikely to change.\n>\n\nJust to make things more clear, 'yes' is an UNIX utility (as hinted in\nthe Wikipedia article link) that might come as part of Cygwin and is not\na part of Git itself.\n\n\n-- \nKaartic\n\nQUOTE\n\n“It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live\nso cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which\ncase, you fail by default.”\n\n      - J. K. Rowling\n\n\nWIKIPEDIA: DID YOU KNOW?\n\nOnly 33% of internet users in India have heard of Wikipedia !!\n\n* What do you think could be the reason behind this?\n\n* What are ways in which the awareness about Wikipedia in India and\nother countries be increased ?\n\nReference:\n\n* Give your ideas for increasing the awareness of Wikipedia in India and\nin other countries and get a Grant from the Wikimedia Foundation to\nbring your idea to life.\n\n  https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire\n\n* Know more about the awareness problem of Wikipedia\n\n  https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_Readers/Awareness\n\n  https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/New_Readers/Next_steps/Raising_awareness\n\n"}]}