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Re: [PATCH 2/3] send-email: validate patches before sending anything

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jan 18, 2008, 19:12 UTC
Message-ID
<20080118191201.GB21044@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To
<76718490801180939v12112b5btd71dfb1fb5be5897@mail.gmail.com>
On Fri, Jan 18, 2008 at 12:39:45PM -0500, Jay Soffian wrote:
> > +                       return "patch contains line longer than 998 characters";
> How about offering the line number. e.g.:
> 
> return "patch line number $. is longer than 998 characters";

I think that is sensible (Junio, if you apply pre-1.5.4, can you mark it up? Otherwise I will put it in the post-1.5.4 resend).

> > +test_expect_success 'no patch was sent' '
> 
> Shouldn't that be "no patches were sent" to match the perl output?

It's purely an informational message for the test script output, so it doesn't matter.

-Peff
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Message 18 of 24 in “[BUG] git send-email brakes patches with very long lines”
  1. Adam PiatyszekJan 17, 2008
  2. Adam PiatyszekJan 17, 2008
  3. Adam PiatyszekJan 17, 2008
  4. Jeff KingJan 17, 2008
  5. git-send-email.perl: check for lines longer than 998 charactersAdam Piątyszek, Jan 18, 2008
  6. Johannes SixtJan 18, 2008
  7. Adam PiatyszekJan 18, 2008
  8. Johannes SixtJan 18, 2008
  9. Junio C HamanoJan 18, 2008
  10. Adam PiatyszekJan 18, 2008
  11. Junio C HamanoJan 18, 2008
  12. Jeff KingJan 18, 2008
  13. 1/3 send-email: detect invocation errors earlierJeff King, Jan 18, 2008
  14. 2/3 send-email: validate patches before sending anythingJeff King, Jan 18, 2008
  15. Johannes SixtJan 18, 2008
  16. Jeff KingJan 18, 2008
  17. Jay SoffianJan 18, 2008
  18. Jeff KingJan 18, 2008
  19. 3/3 send-email: add no-validate optionJeff King, Jan 18, 2008
  20. Junio C HamanoJan 18, 2008
  21. Jeff KingJan 18, 2008
  22. Adam PiatyszekJan 20, 2008
  23. Jeff KingJan 20, 2008
  24. Adam PiatyszekJan 21, 2008

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