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Re: [PATCHv2 4/4] Rename push.default to push.mode

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Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
Date
Mar 30, 2009, 14:47 UTC
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Jeff King venit, vidit, dixit 30.03.2009 15:45:
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> On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 03:06:00PM +0200, Michael J Gruber wrote:
> 
>>> I don't see the quoted-printable characters, I see them in utf-8 and 8bit.
>>>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>>> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
>>>
>>> Maybe some server in between is recoding it.
>>
>> That's weird. I read through gmane/nntp, but others' posts are fine.
>> Yours have
>>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>> Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE
> 
> If a subscriber's mailserver does not support the 8BITMIME SMTP
> extension, then vger will (correctly) encode an 8bit message as QP.
> Gmane's mailservers do not seem to support 8BITMIME.
> 
> You see it only with Santi's message because most messages are already
> 7bit clean; however, the accent in his name requires git to mark it as
> 8-bit.

Thanks for the explanation! I rechecked, and for sure it also happened with patches from Tor Arne Vestbø and Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy. Again I feel blessed by my umlautlessness... and challenged by gmane. About time to ditch it for reading patches also, or at least to be aware of it when saving patches.

Michael
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Message 14 of 17 in “[PATCHv2 0/4] push.default and branch.<name>.{remote,merge} changes”
  1. Santi BéjarMar 30, 2009
  2. 1/4 Documentation: enhance branch.<name>.{remote,merge}Santi Béjar, Mar 30, 2009
  3. 2/4 Documentation: push.default applies to all remotesSanti Béjar, Mar 30, 2009
  4. 3/4 Documentation: branch.*.merge can also afect 'git-push'Santi Béjar, Mar 30, 2009
  5. Michael J GruberMar 30, 2009
  6. Junio C HamanoMar 30, 2009
  7. Santi BéjarMar 30, 2009
  8. Junio C HamanoApr 2, 2009
  9. 4/4 Rename push.default to push.modeSanti Béjar, Mar 30, 2009
  10. Michael J GruberMar 30, 2009
  11. Santi BéjarMar 30, 2009
  12. Michael J GruberMar 30, 2009
  13. Jeff KingMar 30, 2009
  14. Michael J GruberMar 30, 2009
  15. Jeff KingMar 30, 2009
  16. Michael J GruberMar 31, 2009
  17. Jeff KingMar 31, 2009

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