Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] git-config.txt: describe '--includes' default behavior

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Feb 14, 2016, 00:34 UTC
Message-ID: <20160214003448.GA11268@sigill.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <xmqqpow0s4ux.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>

On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 01:00:22PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:

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> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
> 
> > ... I did not realize then that my patch from:
> >
> >   http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/262641
> >
> > was never picked up (but of course I've been carrying it in my tree for
> > a year).
> 
> Hmm, I do not see how it happened, either.  It is not like I was
> offline (I can see I was involved in other threads from the same
> timeframe).  Perhaps it was lost in the noise.
> 
> Thanks for following up.

>From even my limited time as acting maintainer, I know it is easy for

things to occasionally fall through the cracks for no real reason. We rely on submitters to be invested enough in their patch series to give a gentle prod in such cases. However, I sometimes churn out little patches like this at such a rate that _I_ forget about them, too. :)

I do keep them in my tree, but I have so many half-finished and failed experiments that they get lost in the noise. I should do a better job of periodically reviewing and reposting or discarding my personal topics (I have 65 right now!).

-Peff