From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Mirko Faina <mroik@delayed.space>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org, Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] format-patch: add cover-letter-format option
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 13:39:48 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqq1pi9g6sb.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <xmqqjyw1g9m5.fsf@gitster.g> (Junio C. Hamano's message of "Tue, 24 Feb 2026 12:38:42 -0800")
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
> Mirko Faina <mroik@delayed.space> writes:
>
>> From: Mroik <mroik@delayed.space>
>>
>> I've dropped the first patch of the series and applied the changes that
>> Jeff suggested.
>
>
> These are queued somewhere in 'seen', with a small fix-up to have
> the build pass plus a bit of obvious tweak on error handling, but
> most of the remarks I made in my reviews (like "doesn't this leak?"
> and "shouldn't we have tests") are not addressed with the fix-up.
>
> You'll find the topic in 'seen' after I push it out for today
> perhaps in a few hours.
>
> a981554b03 format-patch: add ability to use alt cover format
> 8bf8e6ccda format-patch: add commitListFormat config
> a85e8e535d SQUASH???
>
> Thanks.
I found another change that is needed to make the tests pass, so the
commit object name for the squash fixup is no longer a85e8e535d;
fetching my 'seen' from any of the mirrors should let you find these
commits near the tip of 'seen'.
builtin/log.c | 18 ++++++++----------
t/t9902-completion.sh | 1 +
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/builtin/log.c b/builtin/log.c
index e6ff3627b8..c531784581 100644
--- a/builtin/log.c
+++ b/builtin/log.c
@@ -1415,7 +1415,7 @@ static void make_cover_letter(struct rev_info *rev, int use_separate_file,
if (skip_prefix(format, "log:", &format)) {
generate_commit_list_cover(rev->diffopt.file, format, list, nr);
- } else {
+ } else if (!strcmp(format, "shortlog")) {
shortlog_init(&log);
log.wrap_lines = 1;
log.wrap = MAIL_DEFAULT_WRAP;
@@ -1428,6 +1428,8 @@ static void make_cover_letter(struct rev_info *rev, int use_separate_file,
shortlog_add_commit(&log, list[i]);
shortlog_output(&log);
+ } else {
+ die(_("--cover-letter: invalid format spec '%s'"), format);
}
/* We can only do diffstat with a unique reference point */
@@ -1946,7 +1948,7 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc,
int just_numbers = 0;
int ignore_if_in_upstream = 0;
int cover_letter = -1;
- char *cover_letter_fmt = NULL;
+ const char *cover_letter_fmt = NULL;
int boundary_count = 0;
int no_binary_diff = 0;
int zero_commit = 0;
@@ -2333,12 +2335,11 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc,
goto done;
total = list.nr;
- if (cover_letter_fmt && (strcmp(cover_letter_fmt, "shortlog") && strncmp(cover_letter_fmt, "log:", 4))) {
- die(_("--cover-letter: invalid format spec"));
- }
-
- if (!cover_letter_fmt)
+ if (!cover_letter_fmt) {
cover_letter_fmt = cfg.fmt_cover_letter_commit_list;
+ if (!cover_letter_fmt)
+ cover_letter_fmt = "shortlog";
+ }
if (cover_letter == -1) {
if (cfg.config_cover_letter == COVER_AUTO)
@@ -2427,9 +2428,6 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc,
rev.numbered_files = just_numbers;
rev.patch_suffix = fmt_patch_suffix;
- if (cover_letter && !cover_letter_fmt)
- cover_letter_fmt = "shortlog";
-
if (cover_letter) {
if (cfg.thread)
gen_message_id(&rev, "cover");
diff --git a/t/t9902-completion.sh b/t/t9902-completion.sh
index 964e1f1569..4f760a7468 100755
--- a/t/t9902-completion.sh
+++ b/t/t9902-completion.sh
@@ -2774,6 +2774,7 @@ test_expect_success PERL 'send-email' '
test_completion "git send-email --cov" <<-\EOF &&
--cover-from-description=Z
--cover-letter Z
+ --cover-letter-format=Z
EOF
test_completion "git send-email --val" <<-\EOF &&
--validate Z
--
2.53.0-485-gd48bbca10f
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-24 21:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 113+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-20 23:06 [RFC PATCH] format-patch: better commit list for cover letter Mirko Faina
2026-02-20 23:55 ` [RFC PATCH v2] " Mirko Faina
2026-02-21 0:51 ` Mirko Faina
2026-02-21 4:54 ` [RFC PATCH] " Junio C Hamano
2026-02-21 5:18 ` Mirko Faina
2026-02-21 5:55 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-21 6:02 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-21 15:59 ` Mirko Faina
2026-02-21 17:33 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-21 19:16 ` Mirko Faina
2026-02-24 4:03 ` [PATCH 0/3] format-patch: add cover-letter-format option Mirko Faina
2026-02-24 4:06 ` Mirko Faina
2026-02-24 9:29 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] " Mirko Faina
2026-02-24 9:29 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] format-patch: add ability to use alt cover format Mirko Faina
2026-02-24 17:40 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-24 23:54 ` Mirko Faina
2026-02-25 0:29 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-25 13:47 ` Jeff King
2026-02-24 20:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-25 13:56 ` Jeff King
2026-02-25 22:55 ` Mirko Faina
2026-02-24 9:29 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] format-patch: add commitListFormat config Mirko Faina
2026-02-24 18:07 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-25 0:14 ` Mirko Faina
2026-02-25 17:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-26 21:40 ` Mirko Faina
2026-02-26 22:19 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-24 20:38 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] format-patch: add cover-letter-format option Junio C Hamano
2026-02-24 21:39 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2026-02-25 0:19 ` Mirko Faina
2026-02-25 2:46 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-27 1:52 ` [PATCH v3 0/4] " Mirko Faina
2026-02-27 1:52 ` [PATCH v3 1/4] pretty.c: add %(count) and %(total) placeholders Mirko Faina
2026-02-27 1:52 ` [PATCH v3 2/4] format-patch: move cover letter summary generation Mirko Faina
2026-02-27 1:52 ` [PATCH v3 3/4] format-patch: add ability to use alt cover format Mirko Faina
2026-02-27 4:23 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-27 12:41 ` Mirko Faina
2026-02-27 1:52 ` [PATCH v3 4/4] format-patch: add commitListFormat config Mirko Faina
2026-02-27 13:18 ` [PATCH v4 0/4] format-patch: add cover-letter-format option Mirko Faina
2026-02-27 13:18 ` [PATCH v4 1/4] pretty.c: add %(count) and %(total) placeholders Mirko Faina
2026-02-27 13:18 ` [PATCH v4 2/4] format-patch: move cover letter summary generation Mirko Faina
2026-02-27 13:18 ` [PATCH v4 3/4] format-patch: add ability to use alt cover format Mirko Faina
2026-02-27 13:18 ` [PATCH v4 4/4] format-patch: add commitListFormat config Mirko Faina
2026-02-27 16:42 ` [PATCH v4 5/4] docs: add usage for the cover-letter fmt feature Mirko Faina
2026-02-27 17:51 ` [PATCH v4 4/4] format-patch: add commitListFormat config Junio C Hamano
2026-02-27 21:51 ` Mirko Faina
2026-02-27 22:21 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-27 22:48 ` [PATCH v5 0/5] format-patch: add cover-letter-format option Mirko Faina
2026-02-27 22:48 ` [PATCH v5 1/5] pretty.c: add %(count) and %(total) placeholders Mirko Faina
2026-02-27 22:48 ` [PATCH v5 2/5] format-patch: move cover letter summary generation Mirko Faina
2026-02-27 22:48 ` [PATCH v5 3/5] format-patch: add ability to use alt cover format Mirko Faina
2026-02-27 22:48 ` [PATCH v5 4/5] format-patch: add commitListFormat config Mirko Faina
2026-02-27 22:48 ` [PATCH v5 5/5] docs: add usage for the cover-letter fmt feature Mirko Faina
2026-03-06 22:33 ` [PATCH v5 0/5] format-patch: add cover-letter-format option Junio C Hamano
2026-03-06 22:49 ` Mirko Faina
2026-03-06 22:58 ` [PATCH v6 " Mirko Faina
2026-03-06 22:58 ` [PATCH v6 1/5] pretty.c: add %(count) and %(total) placeholders Mirko Faina
2026-03-06 22:58 ` [PATCH v6 2/5] format-patch: move cover letter summary generation Mirko Faina
2026-03-06 22:58 ` [PATCH v6 3/5] format-patch: add ability to use alt cover format Mirko Faina
2026-03-10 22:14 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-10 22:32 ` Mirko Faina
2026-03-06 22:58 ` [PATCH v6 4/5] format-patch: add commitListFormat config Mirko Faina
2026-03-06 22:58 ` [PATCH v6 5/5] docs: add usage for the cover-letter fmt feature Mirko Faina
2026-03-06 23:18 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-06 23:34 ` [PATCH v7 0/5] format-patch: add cover-letter-format option Mirko Faina
2026-03-06 23:34 ` [PATCH v7 1/5] pretty.c: add %(count) and %(total) placeholders Mirko Faina
2026-03-10 14:32 ` Phillip Wood
2026-03-10 20:55 ` Mirko Faina
2026-03-06 23:34 ` [PATCH v7 2/5] format-patch: move cover letter summary generation Mirko Faina
2026-03-06 23:34 ` [PATCH v7 3/5] format-patch: add ability to use alt cover format Mirko Faina
2026-03-10 14:33 ` Phillip Wood
2026-03-10 21:05 ` Mroik
2026-03-06 23:34 ` [PATCH v7 4/5] format-patch: add commitListFormat config Mirko Faina
2026-03-10 14:34 ` Phillip Wood
2026-03-10 16:45 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-10 21:23 ` Mirko Faina
2026-03-11 10:38 ` Phillip Wood
2026-03-11 17:13 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-11 10:32 ` Phillip Wood
2026-03-11 17:18 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-10 21:19 ` Mirko Faina
2026-03-06 23:34 ` [PATCH v7 5/5] docs: add usage for the cover-letter fmt feature Mirko Faina
2026-03-10 9:51 ` Bert Wesarg
2026-03-10 14:34 ` Phillip Wood
2026-03-12 16:20 ` [PATCH v8 0/4] format-patch: add cover-letter-format option Mirko Faina
2026-03-12 16:20 ` [PATCH v8 1/4] format-patch: move cover letter summary generation Mirko Faina
2026-03-12 16:28 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-12 16:20 ` [PATCH v8 2/4] format-patch: add ability to use alt cover format Mirko Faina
2026-03-12 16:52 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-12 17:18 ` Mirko Faina
2026-03-12 17:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-12 17:27 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-13 10:38 ` Phillip Wood
2026-03-13 17:20 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-13 19:17 ` Mirko Faina
2026-03-13 20:22 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-12 16:20 ` [PATCH v8 3/4] format-patch: add "chronological" format for cover Mirko Faina
2026-03-12 16:55 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-12 16:20 ` [PATCH v8 4/4] format-patch: add commitListFormat config Mirko Faina
2026-03-12 17:00 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-12 17:20 ` [PATCH v8 0/4] format-patch: add cover-letter-format option Junio C Hamano
2026-03-12 17:45 ` Mirko Faina
2026-03-12 18:12 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-24 4:03 ` [PATCH 1/3] pretty.c: fix null pointer dereference Mirko Faina
2026-02-24 6:25 ` Junio C Hamano
2026-02-24 7:08 ` Mirko Faina
2026-02-24 7:43 ` Mirko Faina
2026-02-24 8:41 ` Jeff King
2026-02-24 4:03 ` [PATCH 2/3] format-patch: add ability to use alt cover format Mirko Faina
2026-02-24 9:02 ` Jeff King
2026-02-24 9:09 ` Mirko Faina
2026-02-24 9:18 ` Jeff King
2026-02-24 4:03 ` [PATCH 3/3] format-patch: add commitListFormat config Mirko Faina
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