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Given drew's (SirCmpwn on lobsters) responses to my comment[1] in a thread about pull requests vs email-patch workflows, it makes me think sourcehut won't be supporting PR workflows any time soon.

[1]: https://lobste.rs/s/zxokqi/finding_new_git_host#c_viqwir

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I've always stated that a PR-esque workflow can be built on top of email, rather than replacing an existing system with a new walled garden like GitHub did. SourceHut is all about reaching out to the existing communities, and email is how git itself was designed to be used. In your sibling comment I pointed to a video which demos a new feature that allows you to prepare patchsets to be emailed in a manner which is very similar to preparing a GitHub pull request or GitLab merge request:

https://sourcehut.org/blog/2019-10-15-whats-cooking-october-...

I've always been of the opinion that email works better for me, and I think that too many people write it off without giving it its fair chance, but I've also conceded that many people enjoy the web-based workflow and I've been working on tools to accomodate them.

Wow what an arrogant person. I was originally interested, but in reading that comment chain, all I heard was, “I don’t care what you think. My way is clearly the most superior way and you are less than for thinking any other way could possibly be valid.” That’s my cue to stay as far away as possible from a project, and it would be a shame to have such a daft and stubborn coworker for which I’m thankful I don’t!

An equal and opposing argument:

Email patches? You’re going to make me send an email patch? I can’t tell if you’re joking or serious... you’re... serious? Shall I write my patch into the computer via morse code as well? How could you possibly expect someone to take the time to jump through all the hoops that your massive ego and nostalgia for the past requires?

Oh wait, that sounds arrogant and childish too...

You say arrogant, I say opinionated. It's his product, his service, his rules. It's not like there aren't alternatives to choose from, and you're not forced to work on his service.

(This subthread reminds me that I meant to make an account there and start migrating some of my projects.)

Pull requests that work through an email are an upcoming feature.

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