Re: FEATURE REQUEST: git-format-path: Add option to encode patch content

[Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>]

Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org> writes:

>> In the community git originates from, even --inline attachments
>> are frowned upon, let alone --attach multiparts (yes, I am
>> talking about the kernel list and this list).  Nobody who sends
>> patches over e-mail in communities that have a tradition against
>> unreadable patches would be using --inline nor --attach anyway,
>> so making --attach to do base64 would not hurt there.
>
> I know I'm not within the kernel or git party line by saying this, but
> I don't have a problem with (non base64) mime-attached patches. My MUA
> displays them fine and quotes them when I reply so I can easily review
> them.

You strayed into tangent here.  You said you do not have a
problem with non base64 attachments.  I would like to know if
you have or do not have problem with base64 ones, as that is
what indicates your opinion on making --attach unconditionally
do base64 which was the suggestion made in the thread.