Re: Bogus error from git log --full-diff

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jun 19, 2020, 17:13 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqmu4zhtcn.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com>
In-Reply-To: <585541592583234@mail.yandex.ru>

Konstantin Tokarev <annulen@yandex.ru> writes:

> I've reported this issue in February on this very list and didn't
> get any reaction from developers.  Seems like it's not considered
> to be a bug.

Please do not read too much into lack of response. It may be caused by many things, including (certainly non-exhaustive):

 (1) the message may have been un-understandable and/or did not look
     interesting enough to ask for clarifications and more info to
     produce a useful response,

 (2) the message may have been delivered in a hostile tone that
     people chose to ignore even though it raised a valid issue, or

 (3) the message was simply missed because everybody was busy doing
     other things.

By default, everybody should assume the last one. Re-raising the issue after some cooling-off period would be a good strategy.

Thanks.