On 10/25/22 08:51, M Hickford wrote:

Thanks Jeff for your reply. This is helpful to understand the background.

(first message using git send-email, hopefully I followed the instructions correctly)

You messed up the thread (you broke it).

On every message showed on lore.kernel.org/git, there is reply
instructions at the bottom of the message's page. Follow it closely.

If you insisted on either using git-send-email(1) or mailto: link
to reply, you need to manually quote any portion of original message
you wish to give the context. Make sure every line of quoted text
starts with `> `.

Better yet, reply using "reply-all" button or key in your mail client.
However, make sure your email is text/plain (not HTML) and your mail
client doesn't mess up with whitespaces (convert tabs to spaces,
word wrapping).

Thanks.

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