From: Stephen Sinclair <radarsat1@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2008 22:13:12 GMT
Subject: Re: command prompt script for current branch
Message-ID: <9b3e2dc20802061413v5dbe349axe43a4af263e39878@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <m3r6fp4wrt.fsf@localhost.localdomain>

> > Attached is a script I quickly wrote up yesterday.  Sometimes I've
> > found I started working only to realize I was on the wrong branch.
> > (Now that I'm accustomed to working with git, I make many small
> > branches, so it happens.)
>
> First, it is much better to put such script inline, in the body of
> your email.  This makes commenting about script body much easier.
> And if you have to attach it, for example because your mailer mangles
> whitespace (which is not the case here), make sure that attachement
> uses "text/plain", and if possible "inline" disposition, to better
> _view_ the code without need to save it to temporary file.
>
> I would take an exeption and comment on your code, even though you
> make it hard to do so.

Thank you.  Since there's already a solution for this in contrib,
(didn't see it, sorry), I'll just take your recommendations on coding
style for any future stuff I do.


Steve