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29.1; Debbugs/Gnus sometimes corrupt git formatted patches

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Message #44 received at 66450 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
Cc: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>, 66450 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Bruno Victal <mirai <at> makinata.eu>
Subject: Re: bug#66450: 29.1; Debbugs/Gnus sometimes corrupt git formatted
 patches
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2023 10:59:05 -0400

Hello,

Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de> writes:

> Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net> writes:
>
> Hi Eric,
>
>> 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.
>
> I use a different approach. I have taught Gnus to follow bug references
> in Summary and Article buffers. The relevant setting is
>
> (setq bug-reference-url-format "https://debbugs.gnu.org/%s")
> (add-hook 'bug-reference-mode-hook 'debbugs-browse-mode)
> (add-hook 'bug-reference-prog-mode-hook 'debbugs-browse-mode)
>
> (add-hook 'gnus-summary-mode-hook 'bug-reference-mode)
> (add-hook 'gnus-article-mode-hook 'bug-reference-mode)
>
> Then, bug references are highlighted, and I can select them with the mouse.
>
>> Anyway, this bug report isn't the place for the discussion!
>
> Indeed. But there's no proper place for discussion, and the Debbugs User
> Guide, which explains this, isn't read by anybody. See
> (info "(debbugs-ug) Minor Mode")
>
> So I spread The Truth™ wherever I can :-)

Something similar to this have been recently added to the Guix
"Contributing" section, see
<https://guix.gnu.org/en/manual/devel/en/html_node/The-Perfect-Setup.html#Viewing-Bugs-within-Emacs>
or info "(guix) The Perfect Setup".  The regexps have been turned into
'rx' expressions for readability.

-- 
Thanks,
Maxim

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