Re: [PATCH/POLL] git-format-patch: the default suffix is now .patch, not .txt

From: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 18, 2007, 09:21 UTC
Message-ID: <81b0412b0701180121i69661d36yba046222e654832b@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <7vps9cn1ip.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

On 1/18/07, Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net> wrote:

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> >> Thus the file extension has no impact on how the mail client should
> >> treat it.
> >
> > He will attach it. It's typical for outlook users.
>
> If that is the case, I highly suspect that it is one more reason
> not to mark the file with .txt; Outlook may say "Hey, it's TEXT,
> so let's linewrap it, quote-balance it and add all sorts of nice
> frills to make it easier to read for human consumption".

No, it wont (and doesn't). It would be "too clever to be useful". Outlook is too _stupid_ to be useful.

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