Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > Improve the output we emit on --validate error to: > > * Say "FILE:LINE" instead of "FILE: LINE". OK, that is an improvement because it matches "grep -n" hits, compiler error messages, etc., to help the editors to jump to these lines. > * Don't say "patch contains a" after just mentioning the filename, > just leave it at "FILE:LINE: is longer than[...]. The "contains a" > sounded like we were talking about the file in general, when we're > actually checking it line-by-line. This, too. > * Don't just say "rejected by sendemail-validate hook", but combine > that with the system_or_msg() output to say what exit code the hook > died with. > > I had an aborted attempt to make the line length checker note all > lines that were longer than the limit. I didn't think that was worth > the effort, but I've left in the testing change to check that we die > as soon as we spot the first long line. > > Signed-off-by: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > git-send-email.perl | 23 ++++++++++------------- > t/t9001-send-email.sh | 17 ++++++++++++----- > 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) Will queue. I like the end result, but left a comment about flipping-and-flopping between 2/4 and this step on an extra "validate_patch_error" helper sub. Thanks.