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Re: [PATCH] send-email: Refuse to send cover-letter template subject

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Markus Heidelberg <markus.heidelberg@web.de>
Date
Jun 9, 2009, 18:25 UTC
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Junio C Hamano, 09.06.2009:
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> Thomas Rast <trast@student.ethz.ch> writes:
> 
> > Every so often, someone sends out an unedited cover-letter template.
> > Add a simple check to send-email that refuses to send if the subject
> > contains "*** SUBJECT HERE ***", with an option --force to override.
> 
> Good ;-).  More valuable to detect would be an empty "blurb" section
> (i.e. not "unedited *** BLURB HERE ***" string, but literally, there is
> nothing said in the message other than the shortstat).

My mail "[PATCH 0/6] fixes for git-send-email" had an empty blurb section because it didn't need any additional description. I wouldn't want git to refuse sending it.

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  1. send-email: Refuse to send cover-letter template subjectThomas Rast, Jun 8, 2009
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  3. Thomas RastJun 9, 2009
  4. Thomas RastJun 12, 2009
  5. Junio C HamanoJun 12, 2009
  6. Markus HeidelbergJun 9, 2009
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