Re: [RFC-PATCH 1/2] send-email: new option to quote an email and reply to

From: Samuel GROOT <samuel.groot@grenoble-inp.org>
Date: May 26, 2016, 00:08 UTC
Message-ID: <e678afcb-b378-9829-fae4-1f1ed38ee593@grenoble-inp.org>
In-Reply-To: <vpq8tyyt2fv.fsf@anie.imag.fr>

On 05/25/2016 08:31 PM, Matthieu Moy wrote:

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> So, a possible UI would be:
>
>   git send-email --in-reply-to=<id> => just set In-Reply-To: field.
>
>   git send-email --in-reply-to=<file> => set In-Reply-To, To and Cc.
>
>   git send-email --in-reply-to=<file> --cite => in addition, add the
>     body of the message quoted with '> '.
>
>   git send-email --in-reply-to=<id> --fetch => fetch and do like <file>
>     using the default configuration for fetch.

We designed a similar UI, except for the --fetch option:

We wanted to try to fetch the email from a distant server (e.g. gmane) if that server address was set in the config file, and populate the To:/Cc: fields.

If the file cannot be downloaded, or server address not set, just fill the Reply-to header.

Either way, display what was done with the message-id given (unless --quiet is set, of course).

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> This leaves room for:
>
>   git send-email --in-reply-to=<id> --fetch=gmane => fetch from gmane
>     (details on how to fetch would be in the config file)
>
> This UI wouldn't allow using a file to get only the message-id. But I'm
> not sure this is an interesting use-case.

IMHO when you reply to a thread with a patch, it seems counter-productive to reply without notifying (putting in To:/Cc:) the original author and people involved in the thread.