{"thread":{"id":"56616","subject":"Should help.autocorrect be on by default?","startedAt":"2021-09-30T17:15:28Z","lastAt":"2021-09-30T23:23:26Z","messageCount":2,"participants":["Brian Bartels","Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason"],"isPatch":false,"patchVersion":null,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"437563","messageId":"CAEWW4VdL0N9DmJ7jwGY0WNN6SR75v-RR2HU-uFn7qDkod8o7Sg@mail.gmail.com","threadId":"56616","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Should help.autocorrect be on by default?","fromName":"Brian Bartels","fromEmail":"bartels.desmond@gmail.com","sentAt":"2021-09-30T17:15:00Z","receivedAt":"2021-09-30T17:15:28Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"bartels.desmond@gmail.com","avatar":null},"body":"This would save developers precious inner loop time. I looked at the\ncode and it already handles cases where the environment isn't\ninteractive. So this should be a pretty minor configuration change.\n\nLet me know what you think,\nBrian\n"},{"id":"437585","messageId":"875yuhtzpz.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com","threadId":"56616","inReplyTo":"CAEWW4VdL0N9DmJ7jwGY0WNN6SR75v-RR2HU-uFn7qDkod8o7Sg@mail.gmail.com","subject":"Re: Should help.autocorrect be on by default?","fromName":"Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason","fromEmail":"avarab@gmail.com","sentAt":"2021-09-30T23:16:40Z","receivedAt":"2021-09-30T23:23:26Z","isPatch":false,"sender":{"key":"avarab@gmail.com","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/45301?v=4"},"body":"\nOn Thu, Sep 30 2021, Brian Bartels wrote:\n\n> This would save developers precious inner loop time. I looked at the\n> code and it already handles cases where the environment isn't\n> interactive. So this should be a pretty minor configuration change.\n>\n> Let me know what you think,\n> Brian\n\nI haven't looked myself, but it's very informative to browse the list\narchives at https://lore.kernel.org/git/ (search for help.autocorrect)\nto see if this has been brought up before, whether there were any\narguments for/against, or if it was just an arbitrary (or careful due to\na new feature) default at the time.\n\nThat and trying your hand at flipping the default via a patch, running\nthe tests, seeing if any fail & fixing them is also a good way to both\nget the ball rolling, and to discover any past opinions about what\nshould/shouldn't be the default added as code/tests at the time.\n"}]}