Re: [StGit PATCH] mail: Use space rather than tab for long header folding

From: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@gmail.com>
Date: Feb 12, 2010, 16:15 UTC
Message-ID: <b0943d9e1002120815n69691e63p80146f9dcd5ff68c@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <b8197bcb1002120809q5eb458f7pa9e9b0562af6bcda@mail.gmail.com>

On 12 February 2010 16:09, Karl Wiberg <kha@treskal.com> wrote:

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> On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Catalin Marinas
> <catalin.marinas@arm.com> wrote:
>
>> The default Python implementation (at least 2.5 and earlier) fold long
>> e-mail header lines by inserting "\n\t". This causes issues with some
>> e-mail clients that remove both "\n\t". The RFC2822 shows that folding
>> should be done with "\n ". The Python workaround is to use a Header
>> object instead of a string when setting the message headers.
>
> Aha. If this works like I think it does, it'll eliminate the problem
> where patches with long subject lines pick up tab characters when
> imported from e-mails. But that's not the motivation you're
> describing, is it?

My main motivation is only for sending e-mails as I have an Exchange server here which removes the tab completely sticking two words together. If you import an e-mail sent by the patched StGit, yes, it will solve this as well.

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Catalin