Re: Restore hostname logging in inetd mode

From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
Date: Sep 8, 2012, 19:18 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.01.1209082112040.18369@frira.zrqbmnf.qr>
In-Reply-To: <7v627ouyun.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

On Saturday 2012-09-08 20:57, Junio C Hamano wrote:

>Please don't throw a pull request for a patch whose worth hasn't
>been justified in a discussion on the list.  Thanks.

Let me postulate that people like to get cover letters with the git:// URL so they can fetch+look at it, a diffstat and shortlog.

And 'lo, that is exactly what git-request-pull thankfully generates.

In my defense: Just because the command is called "request-pull", does not mean you absolutely have to merge/pull it. In fact, it does not even mention merge/pull at all.

"
The following changes since commit [SHA]:
  [Commit Message]
are available in the git repository at:
  git://[...]
for you to fetch changes up to [SHA]:
  [Commit Message]
[diffstat,shortlog]
"

In contrast to many a LKML postings which explicitly state the pull intent:

" Hi [Maintainer],

Please pull from the git repository at
  [URL]
to receive [...]
  [SHA]
  [Commit Message]
on top of commit [SHA]
  [Commit Message]
[diffstat,shortlog]
"