From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 23:05:19 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-am: Handle "git show" output correctly
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In-Reply-To: <CAPBPrntXCDHwWkYV3pnj3+d8FCZCmEVPHkSxyVg0Jzd0tzZsGA@mail.gmail.com>

Dan Johnson <computerdruid@gmail.com> writes:

> I was assuming Peter would accept the patch, and reply with a "in the
> future, please submit the output of format-patch", thus correcting the
> submitter's behavior. This warning would serve someone who did not
> know that they wanted the output of format-patch, and hopefully teach
> them to send such a reply message.

"Next time, please do this" rarely has worked in practice.  This is
because the moment you accepted the current patch, you have already
lost the "carrot" ;-)