Re: git send-email should not allow 'y' for in-reply-to

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On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 08:13:57PM +0000, Matt Seitz (matseitz) wrote:

> > > How about "What Message-ID to use as In-Reply-To for the first email?"
> > > or "Provide the Message-ID to use as In-Reply-To for the first
> > > email:".
> > 
> > seem fine to me. Maybe somebody who has been confused by it can offer
> > more. At any rate, patches welcome.
> 
> Suggestion: "Message-ID to use as In-Reply-To for the first email:".
> 
> Simple and unlikely to generate a "y" or "n" response.  Putting
> "Message-ID" first makes it more obvious what data is being asked for
> by this prompt.

You'd think. But the existing message that has been causing problems is:

  Message-ID to be used as In-Reply-To for the first email?

which is more or less what you are proposing. I do think a colon rather
than a question mark helps indicate that the response is not yes/no.

-Peff
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