Re: git send-email should not allow 'y' for in-reply-to

From: Antoine Pelisse <apelisse@gmail.com>
Date: Jan 11, 2013, 22:42 UTC
Message-ID: <CALWbr2wtAzz7yWb_Z_V0LFt5ddZcRSs7_rea2w=ghdC847mEyQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <7vy5fz9xdl.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 11:18 PM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:

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> The exchange, when you do not have a configuration, goes like this:
>
>     $ git send-email 0001-filename-of-the-patch.patch
>     0001-filename-of-the-patch.patch
>     Who should the emails be sent to (if any)? junio
>     Are you sure you want to use <junio> [y/N]? y
>     Message-ID to be used as In-Reply-To for the first email (if any)?
>
> Why not do this instead?
>
>     $ git send-email 0001-filename-of-the-patch.patch
>     0001-filename-of-the-patch.patch
>     Who should the emails be sent to (if any)? junio
>     Are you sure you want to use <junio> [y/N]? y
>     Is this a response to an existing message [y/N]? y

I'm not sure about the extra question. If the user doesn't care, he will probably use the empty default, which will result in the same number of steps. If the user cares, he probably knows what he's doing and will give a sensible value.

>     What is the Message-ID of the message you are replying to?

I would simply go for:

  What Message-ID are you replying to (if any)?

If I don't know what to answer, I would definitely not say y/yes/n/no, but press enter directly.