Re: [PATCHi v4] git-send-email.perl: make initial In-Reply-To apply only to first email

Antonio Ospite [off-list ref] writes:

When an initial In-Reply-To is supplied it should apply only to the
first email, second and subsequent messages should behave just according
to the --[no-]chain-reply-to setting; this is also what the man page
says about the --[no-]chain-reply-to option and this is also how the
correspondent git-format-patch option behaves.

This is the typical behaviour we    |
want when we send a series with     | [PATCH 0/2] Here is what I did...
cover letter in reply to some       |   [PATCH 1/2] Clean up and tests
discussion, the new patch series    |   [PATCH 2/2] Implementation
should appear as a separate subtree |   [PATCH v2 0/3] Here is a reroll
in the discussion, look at the v2   |     [PATCH v2 1/3] Clean up
series in the illustration on the   |     [PATCH v2 2/3] New tests
right to see what the new behaviour |     [PATCH v2 3/3] Implementation
ensures.                            |

Yuck.

It is a common trap to think that everybody already knows what you have
been suffering from.  It certainly is sufficient to show the output after
your patch to convince them that your change is a good thing.

IOW, if you do two-column, please do it right ;-).  The LHS should show
how the output _used to_ look like, so that even people who didn't
particulary care (because they never hit the issue) can see why the
updated behaviour is desirable.