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29.1; Debbugs/Gnus sometimes corrupt git formatted patches

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From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>
To: Björn Bidar <bjorn.bidar <at> thaodan.de>
Cc: 66450 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Bruno Victal <mirai <at> makinata.eu>, Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>, Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#66450: 29.1; Debbugs/Gnus sometimes corrupt git formatted patches
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2023 18:13:17 -0700

On 10/14/23 23:27 PM, Björn Bidar wrote:
> Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net> writes:
>
>> Yup, I know that. I think it comes down to how I keep track of bugs.
>> Gnus is the obvious choice for scanning incoming bug reports and seeing
>> if any have to do with me (very few of them do!). But Debbugs is the
>> natural choice for keeping track of bugs once I do decide to work on
>> them. Getting from Gnus to Debbugs isn't a no-brainer -- I once wrote a
>> command that adds the bug number of the article under point to
>> `debbugs-gnu-tagged', to be called on articles in the
>> "nntp:gmane.emacs.bugs" group, but I never managed to form the habit of
>> using it.
>
> Can Debbugs do that without affecting an existing summary buffer if
> exist before?

My command just added the bug under point to the list of tagged bugs,
that was all. The bug-reference-mode click command does seem to replace
the original buffer in whichever window you click the button in, Summary
or Article, but the original buffer is left undisturbed.

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