Re: [PATCH 00/10] Spring cleanup of "contrib/"

From: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>
Date: May 12, 2025, 13:10 UTC
Message-ID: <73be767c-229d-4914-bc7f-52fff36a9e5f@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <CALnO6CDp3Kr_Ma49jzftN_sMkOU95xGZ0sMe2J2boG2pWggCzQ@mail.gmail.com>

On 10/05/2025 21:07, D. Ben Knoble wrote:

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> On Tue, May 6, 2025 at 11:55 PM Eric Sunshine <sunshine@sunshineco.com> wrote:
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>> On Tue, May 6, 2025 at 9:32 PM Todd Zullinger <tmz@pobox.com> wrote:
>>> Eric Sunshine wrote:
>>>> Although we periodically hear that someone uses it, git-contacts
>>>> probably falls into the "tool has a clear alternative" category. In
>>>> this case, git-related[*] is a separately-maintained more functional
>>>> drop-in replacement which people could be using instead of
>>>> git-contacts.

I think there is a value in having git-contacts in our tree as it means that new contributors do not have to spend time installing an external tool just to find out who to Cc their patch to. Given that the script works and we recommend it in our documentation for contributors it would make sense to keep it. After our experience with the maintainer of git-related I'd be wary of changing our documentation to recommend it instead of git-contacts.

Best Wishes

Phillip