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Re: [PATCH] RFC: Introduce '.gitorderfile'

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Jul 12, 2017, 20:57 UTC
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<20170712205734.h77fgbbkavwpkr4h@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 01:44:46PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
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> Stefan Beller <sbeller@google.com> writes:
> 
> >   I want to force myself to think about the design before pointing out
> >   memory leaks and coding style, so the least I would wish for is:
> >     *.h
> >     *.c
> >   but as we have more to look at, I would want to have the most abstract
> >   thing to come first. And most abstract from the actual code is the
> >   user interaction, the documentation.
> 
> This is exactly why I invented the orderfile in the first place.
> But such a "policy" is not something a project would want to enforce
> its users all the time; it is left to personal preference of the
> participants.
> 
> Just set diff.orderFile to suit your taste without bothering other
> people, I would say.

I could see somebody arguing that format-patch should respect a project preference, since its primary purpose is to communicate your work to the rest of the project.

But then you could make a similar argument for other diff options, too.
-Peff
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  1. RFC: Introduce '.gitorderfile'Stefan Beller, Jul 11, 2017
  2. Junio C HamanoJul 12, 2017
  3. Jeff KingJul 12, 2017
  4. Stefan BellerJul 12, 2017
  5. Jeff KingJul 13, 2017
  6. Stefan BellerJul 13, 2017
  7. Brandon WilliamsJul 13, 2017
  8. Junio C HamanoJul 13, 2017
  9. Stefan BellerJul 13, 2017
  10. Junio C HamanoJul 13, 2017
  11. Junio C HamanoJul 12, 2017
  12. Jeff KingJul 13, 2017
  13. Stefan BellerJul 12, 2017
  14. Junio C HamanoJul 12, 2017
  15. Stefan BellerJul 12, 2017
  16. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJul 12, 2017

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