Re: [PATCH] git-mailsplit: with maildirs try to process new/ if cur/ is empty

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Nov 6, 2007, 07:51 UTC
Message-ID: <20071106075150.GA21694@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <20071106072831.GA3021@steel.home>

On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 08:28:31AM +0100, Alex Riesen wrote:

> > In Maildir format, cur and new hold the mails. :P
> 
> So? Why *STOP* reading the mails if just one of the directories could
> not be opened? IOW, I suggest:

Because you are then trying to apply a patch series with some patches potentially missing? Continuing only on errno == ENOENT seems prudent.

-Peff

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