From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Eric Wong <e@80x24.org>
Cc: "Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason" <avarab@gmail.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] format-patch: support format.mboxrd with --stdout
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2022 10:34:55 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqedsqrjgg.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20221222201619.M435985@dcvr> (Eric Wong's message of "Thu, 22 Dec 2022 20:16:19 +0000")
Eric Wong <e@80x24.org> writes:
> Subject: [PATCH v2] format-patch: support format.mboxrd with --stdout
>
> mboxrd is a more robust output format when used with --stdout
> and needs more exposure. Introducing this config knob lets
> users choose the more robust format for all their --stdout
> uses.
>
> Relying on --pretty=mboxrd and including all of pretty-formats.txt
> in the `git format-patch' documentation would likely be
> confusing to users. Furthermore, this setting is useful across
> multiple invocations. So introduce `format.mboxrd' as a boolean
> configuration knob that changes the default --pretty=email format
> to --pretty=mboxrd when (and only when) --stdout is in use.
Sounds sensible.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-12-23 1:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-11-14 9:41 [PATCH] format-patch: add --mboxrd alias for --pretty=mboxrd Eric Wong
2022-11-14 16:53 ` Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason
2022-11-14 20:59 ` Eric Wong
2022-12-18 4:24 ` Junio C Hamano
2022-12-22 20:16 ` [PATCH v2] format-patch: support format.mboxrd with --stdout Eric Wong
2022-12-23 1:34 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
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