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Re: [PATCH RFC3 INTRO] I hope this will do it!

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Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com>
Date
Apr 14, 2009, 16:26 UTC
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On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 04:02, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>
> It is unfortunate that the interesting ones begin at 10th in the series,
> which are beind the 9th one that is a "churn in the middle".
(http://marc.info/?l=git&m=123959564630157&w=2):
> The general rule of thumb is to do such a clean-up before you start to work on something of substance.
(http://marc.info/?l=git&m=123914648915106&w=2):
> a good rule of thumb when preparing a series is to have this kind of obvious clean-up first, leaving enhancement patches later in the series.

I guess, then, this whitespace patch is something of substance---an enhancement ;-D

... or unnecessary "code churn"... I suppose.
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Message 37 of 39 in “I hope this will do it!”
  1. I hope this will do it!Michael Witten, Apr 13, 2009
  2. 01/13 Docs: send-email: Put options back into alphabetical orderMichael Witten, Apr 13, 2009
  3. 02/13 Docs: send-email: Refer to CONFIGURATION section for sendemail.multieditMichael Witten, Apr 13, 2009
  4. 03/13 Docs: send-email: Remove superfluous information in CONFIGURATIONMichael Witten, Apr 13, 2009
  5. 04/13 Docs: send-email: --smtp-server-port can take symbolic portsMichael Witten, Apr 13, 2009
  6. 05/13 send-email: Cleanup the usage text and docs a bitMichael Witten, Apr 13, 2009
  7. 06/13 send-email: Handle "GIT:" rather than "GIT: " during --composeMichael Witten, Apr 13, 2009
  8. 07/13 send-email: 'References:' should only reference what is sentMichael Witten, Apr 13, 2009
  9. 08/13 send-email: Remove superfluous `my $editor = ...'Michael Witten, Apr 13, 2009
  10. 09/13 send-email: Remove horrible mix of tabs and spacesMichael Witten, Apr 13, 2009
  11. 10/13 send-email: Add --sleep for email throttlingMichael Witten, Apr 13, 2009
  12. 11/13 send-email: Minor cleanup of $smtp_server usage and send_message()Michael Witten, Apr 13, 2009
  13. 12/13 send-email: --compose takes optional argument to existing fileMichael Witten, Apr 13, 2009
  14. 13/13 send-email: --compose always includes a 'GIT: ' prefixed list of patch subjectsMichael Witten, Apr 13, 2009
  15. Junio C HamanoApr 13, 2009
  16. Michael WittenApr 13, 2009
  17. Andreas EricssonApr 14, 2009
  18. Junio C HamanoApr 14, 2009
  19. Andreas EricssonApr 14, 2009
  20. Michael WittenApr 14, 2009
  21. Andreas EricssonApr 14, 2009
  22. Stephen BoydApr 13, 2009
  23. Michael WittenApr 14, 2009
  24. Michael WittenApr 14, 2009
  25. Björn SteinbrinkApr 14, 2009
  26. Junio C HamanoApr 14, 2009
  27. Junio C HamanoApr 13, 2009
  28. Michael WittenApr 13, 2009
  29. Junio C HamanoApr 14, 2009
  30. Michael WittenApr 14, 2009
  31. Junio C HamanoApr 14, 2009
  32. Michael WittenApr 14, 2009
  33. Junio C HamanoApr 13, 2009
  34. Michael WittenApr 13, 2009
  35. Michael WittenApr 13, 2009
  36. Junio C HamanoApr 14, 2009
  37. Michael WittenApr 14, 2009
  38. Junio C HamanoApr 14, 2009
  39. Michael WittenApr 14, 2009

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