From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.delayed.space (delayed.space [195.231.85.169]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1FC98A932 for ; Sat, 21 Feb 2026 19:16:11 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=195.231.85.169 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1771701373; cv=none; b=kq4/7n0hiJS7jy1NNSVbh2wu+TzFos9ojyDwCQaluw4/vQf39NfkWc2jidbgUGlF/qF2bkYTgXJ3PmGN0vp6DmZERiTPijwhXG3TbYZgnlSa/EWSF4lvAvMZI4Zatz9ey0Mwg93f/bHjnjzQ3XeHgGjP1h5YIHfhkPLingqKIlE= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1771701373; c=relaxed/simple; bh=dEzJYWUNgclBRzV5PYi6yYkD9YrKQ3Wf3kumyP37SPw=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=j4dtAA6+fdoPdHosg6mzlDPBun0MsgW1t9e3wNBarH24dylZEH+NhlDwoM8KUS86iTIXCBbaM+J9TWP1bdUTxkn2DmDjUu/41HumMpt2tzaIh+JOrZ3AmVSMfb1GAkRTukVYxLc0SCiKEYfjTMSt5ZawpU4fdeJKqqs41UyoK3U= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=reject dis=none) header.from=delayed.space; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=delayed.space; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=delayed.space header.i=@delayed.space header.b=BF30u84H; arc=none smtp.client-ip=195.231.85.169 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=reject dis=none) header.from=delayed.space Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=delayed.space Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=delayed.space header.i=@delayed.space header.b="BF30u84H" Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2026 20:16:07 +0100 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=delayed.space; s=dkim; t=1771701369; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=KneG296ttnmbW3QWzjjp+zKEOQ/Zys7EwFMg6p47Xa8=; b=BF30u84HbaskNm8pzMWQYXyN+Fkg+IfaajArV9z4HOVSCLNbuI7ILVpBGdPO4f/JLCSMVo SYrzci36MoPvGe7N2q4RQY0SbIkE8N7O12PQUj/JF9lElcowg9jj60hXJq1zyJF2ySMVuI q8f42JXJ6HIVwTZ1j1Uvl3ISf1SLuyANpHCbexPG0ph4y7Wlol3vtsgAkP6xKjhhOf4NRE mLEfYmG+ndveEhJLmasqKsgP+vduGUbcvTWBLB9zm7OqaOvKqOBNmUMhNKc9YAoZPNUJTe 3QKfEzevEHsYjS1V+j3bKzmKP9gsrxr6Z/xG43ShXMGc0jv14ymBD8HFbz6PuA== Authentication-Results: mail.delayed.space; auth=pass smtp.mailfrom=mroik@delayed.space From: Mirko Faina To: Junio C Hamano Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Mirko Faina Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] format-patch: better commit list for cover letter Message-ID: X-Developer-Signature: v=1; a=openpgp-sha256; l=509; i=mroik@delayed.space; h=from:subject:message-id; bh=dEzJYWUNgclBRzV5PYi6yYkD9YrKQ3Wf3kumyP37SPw=; b=kA0DAAoBSHl+oZwZvtEByyZiAGmaBFCjwbs/6cPjGIwcbc7UwJl71paPTr8KlYSWMW21SbHQW 4kCMwQAAQoAHRYhBP8rLfsrSlLCbCzJtkh5fqGcGb7RBQJpmgRQAAoJEEh5fqGcGb7R84IP/A2Z tJ2D4cnE5cXGd8Nk4z5mMlG10mu2onWf2+Awayz42bE5cG53kzCwxMjCA6RJc95K72m9BVBuAVK 347yPDCx5BuWDhFs0M59XR6VWMmI53blIDPRY/F8b59z9PgId0ck8LoUTV8wNgfTilGFR6emkm8 kBmOcaV3F59w8zQpn5Cxi+xh40c2ylTTgvJfVLqzwD7xy807CzBC5RAeaywrVqGG7/eGmZ5PEPx TIr0djV2h+AnsmSAUJYSRAlNFKBDW2YYDTVdzrwfd5PejKM13oDb2csod6I2HWfct2lHPDE+77u gOUtdB3ucJ2mH+HsSp6kU5Xr9blqFEBGzPDjln5c1YdM2EbkEvbYNqzqFahnNpDjWqxfLKaSzce zaKjVV+VI7j0f2l/xdInDOUvjoolPHE1NiztM4u5jLqGq6wh7lsB4J/E58NGTPLzaesja6isfdk GU2Aw2kWuZS0t75Cih922LGByIaIQACHOr446dJCR/5wm96wesc+hYwOb9iMUxHcRjE7qTgp/Y/ BSIg/hbAT7NW0hRA7Ie2JJj4j9EzRz4mFE0NbmhxD7s7rcKQ+8C2gy1uaLsiajsp1c3zYN7JopK LBtHrD7fUuDTUecRzWv4210UIA0geKbQwzkNeTdivXrFb1vRrboCtz0GmuXc9XwXTMEdbvAk0Tc bEC3r X-Developer-Key: i=mroik@delayed.space; a=openpgp; fpr=FF2B2DFB2B4A52C26C2CC9B648797EA19C19BED1 References: <20260220230633.132213-1-mroik@delayed.space> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Spamd-Bar: - On Sat, Feb 21, 2026 at 09:33:00AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote: > When adding a configuration, never assume that the setting the user > chooses is good for that user 100% of the time. You'd need a way > from the command line to override a configured value. > > Not having a command line option does defeat the point of adding a > configuration, which can even be used for a setting that is good for > the user only 80% of the time. Good point. I will start working on this in the following week.