long-thread

An advisory by default: it explains, and blocks nothing, on a review reply that is its author's fourth or later in a thread.

What it catches

A review reply that is its author's fourth or later in a thread.

Dimension

stance: the text reads as a verdict on a person, or as addressed to someone else. A finding is counted on the dimension of its rule, the cost it names to the reader.

Why

A long exchange in text reads as a stalemate to the people watching it, and a call settles it faster. It needs the thread length (--thread-length), and stays silent without it.

Default decision

The code is PRF8004. The decision depends on the kind of text judged:

Changing it

A decisions table sets this rule to deny, advise or off, for everything judged or for the files a glob matches. Proofread reads the table from the file its -decisions flag names:

{
  "rules": {"long-thread": "deny"},
  "paths": {"blog/**": {"long-thread": "off"}}
}

rules applies to every file. A glob in paths applies to the files it matches, and the last match wins. A rule set to off never reports.

Seeing it

A finding names the rule, its code and the decision that applies, and links here:

{"rule": "long-thread", "code": "PRF8004", "decision": "advise", "url": "https://eli.gladman.cc/magus/reference/proofread/long-thread/"}

proofread rules prints this entry with every other rule's.

See also

• All proofread rules - every rule, grouped by what it checks
• Writing rules - how the rules apply to this repository's pages and pull requests
• The findings contract - the fields every finding carries