From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: obnoxious CLI complaints
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:17:54 +0200
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Heya,

On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 21:46, John Tapsell <johnflux@gmail.com> wrote:
> That could be fixed by outputting to a file. =A0git format-patch outp=
uts
> to a file, so why wouldn't git achieve?

Because git format-patch works on a per-patch basis, and patches
inherently have a 'name' (the first line of the commit message), an
entire repository does not, so one would have to resort to arbitrary
names such as 'archive.tar.gz' or such.

--=20
Cheers,

Sverre Rabbelier