Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2025 11:11:18 -0400 From: Adam Weinberger <adamw@adamw.org> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org> Cc: Yuri Victorovich <yuri@freebsd.org>, ports-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-ports-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-ports-main@freebsd.org Subject: Re: git: 1181d23c283c - main - =?utf-8?Q?textproc/riffdiff: update 3.4.1 =E2=86=92 3.4.2; update pager dependency = Message-ID: <CAP7rwchh%2Bi%2BqQm23hfifjkR75vX2KowRVL-RzPZMkeY2JGKebw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <aPZIzLlMh3XlWBRy@FreeBSD.org> References: <202510181941.59IJfBIs093003@gitrepo.freebsd.org> <CAP7rwchk3y5cKCCm%2BwWBYQ=CZfRCehuK-zcJU8R-k0e_iUQ1gw@mail.gmail.com> <aPZIzLlMh3XlWBRy@FreeBSD.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Mon, Oct 20, 2025 at 10:35 AM Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Sat, Oct 18, 2025 at 06:30:31PM -0400, Adam Weinberger wrote: > > Git handles unicode characters like the arrow you put in, but mlmmj > > doesn't. I thought we'd decided a while back to stick with ASCII whenever > > possible in commit messages? [...] > > > > Personally I'm a fan of UTF-8 in commit messages, but IIRC Bapt explained > > a while back why mlmmj has to assume otherwise. > > While I'm strictly pro-ASCII for commit messages (and email), I recall that > this particular bug is triggered by Git "subject" line (<cat>/<port>: ...) > so as long as it is 7-bit, the rest can still be UTF-8 if one pleases, > CMIW. Thanks, Alexey! That is great info that I was completely unclear on. So only the first line needs to be ASCII, and the rest can be as UTF-8-ey as desired. You're our most reliable curmudgeon (and I mean that in the most lovingly way possible) so I'm somewhat reassured knowing that you are perfectly happy in a 7-bit world :) -- Adam Weinberger adamw@adamw.org [-- Attachment #2 --] <div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">On Mon, Oct 20, 2025 at 10:35 AM Alexey Dokuchaev <<a href="mailto:danfe@freebsd.org">danfe@freebsd.org</a>> wrote:</div></div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Sat, Oct 18, 2025 at 06:30:31PM -0400, Adam Weinberger wrote:<br> > Git handles unicode characters like the arrow you put in, but mlmmj<br> > doesn't. I thought we'd decided a while back to stick with ASCII whenever<br> > possible in commit messages? [...]<br> > <br> > Personally I'm a fan of UTF-8 in commit messages, but IIRC Bapt explained<br> > a while back why mlmmj has to assume otherwise.<br> <br> While I'm strictly pro-ASCII for commit messages (and email), I recall that<br> this particular bug is triggered by Git "subject" line (<cat>/<port>: ...)<br> so as long as it is 7-bit, the rest can still be UTF-8 if one pleases, CMIW.</blockquote><div><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Thanks, Alexey! That is great info that I was completely unclear on. So only the first line needs to be ASCII, and the rest can be as UTF-8-ey as desired.</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">You're our most reliable curmudgeon (and I mean that in the most lovingly way possible) so I'm somewhat reassured knowing that you are perfectly happy in a 7-bit world :)</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"><br></div></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Adam Weinberger</div><div><a href="mailto:adamw@adamw.org" target="_blank">adamw@adamw.org</a></div></div></div></div></div></div>home | help
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