The text of the mail messages that darcs send produces lists the patches (with
author, name, description). It does not mention the name or URL of the
repository the mails are sent to. This is unfortunate on mailing lists like
libraries or xmonad, where patches against multiple repos are sent in. One has
to guess by looking at the filenames _inside_ the diff to find out what repo the
patch is aimed for.

I suggest a line like "5 new patches for repository http:/....:" before the list
of patches in the mail body.

On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 10:58:00 +0000, Joachim Breitner wrote:
> The text of the mail messages that darcs send produces lists the patches (with
> author, name, description). It does not mention the name or URL of the
> repository the mails are sent to. This is unfortunate on mailing lists like
> libraries or xmonad, where patches against multiple repos are sent in. One has
> to guess by looking at the filenames _inside_ the diff to find out what repo the
> patch is aimed for.

The last time I complained about this, http://bugs.darcs.net/issue1362
somebody pointed out the DarcsURL header

> I suggest a line like "5 new patches for repository http:/....:" before the list
> of patches in the mail body.

That's a nice idea.  Mine was to use the subject line.
I'm going to merge this with issue1362.

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