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From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
To: Mirko Faina <mroik@delayed.space>
Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/8] improve "git format-patch --commit-list-format"
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:47:26 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <xmqqbjg9kyn5.fsf@gitster.g> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <acaq3Rg63ZjEV8rH@exploit> (Mirko Faina's message of "Fri, 27 Mar 2026 17:18:10 +0100")

Mirko Faina <mroik@delayed.space> writes:

> On Fri, Mar 27, 2026 at 09:04:44AM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> When the payload _can_ be specified to wrap (i.e., end-user
>> configurable output format), the wrapping should not be forced by
>> the mechanism.  A project that is not ours may want to keep a single
>> long line for their commit list entries.
>> 
>> I do not mind if the default "modern" were defined to include %w()
>> to force wrapping to those who follow the default, of course.  But
>> do not unconditionally wrap what the end-user formatted to their
>> liking.
>
> I see, since there's not much to edit, I'll send the changes regarding
> the docs and the wrapping in a single series (I saw that you already
> made mf/format-patch-commit-list-format-doc but I hope it is not a
> problem), instead of submitting a new one.

I do not quite know what you are planning to do with the above four
lines, but you do not have to answer me here, as we'll know soon
enough once you post them.  I'll just have to remember *not* to merge
the new -doc topic to 'next' until that happens ;-).

  reply	other threads:[~2026-03-27 16:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-03-14 23:20 [PATCH 0/7] improve "git format-patch --commit-list-format" Mirko Faina
2026-03-14 23:20 ` [PATCH 1/7] pretty.c: better die message %(count) and %(total) Mirko Faina
2026-03-14 23:20 ` [PATCH 2/7] format-patch: refactor generate_commit_list_cover Mirko Faina
2026-03-14 23:20 ` [PATCH 3/7] format-patch: rename --cover-letter-format option Mirko Faina
2026-03-14 23:20 ` [PATCH 4/7] format.commitListFormat: strip meaning from empty Mirko Faina
2026-03-14 23:20 ` [PATCH 5/7] format-patch: wrap generate_commit_list_cover() Mirko Faina
2026-03-17 15:32   ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-03-17 16:18     ` Mirko Faina
2026-03-14 23:20 ` [PATCH 6/7] format-patch: add preset for --commit-list-format Mirko Faina
2026-03-14 23:20 ` [PATCH 7/7] format-patch: --commit-list-format without prefix Mirko Faina
2026-03-17 15:29   ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-03-17 16:20     ` Mirko Faina
2026-03-19 22:38 ` [PATCH v2 0/8] improve "git format-patch --commit-list-format" Mirko Faina
2026-03-19 22:38   ` [PATCH v2 1/8] pretty.c: better die message %(count) and %(total) Mirko Faina
2026-03-19 22:38   ` [PATCH v2 2/8] format-patch: refactor generate_commit_list_cover Mirko Faina
2026-03-19 22:38   ` [PATCH v2 3/8] format-patch: rename --cover-letter-format option Mirko Faina
2026-03-19 22:38   ` [PATCH v2 4/8] docs/pretty-formats: add %(count) and %(total) Mirko Faina
2026-03-23 10:29     ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-03-23 14:00       ` Mirko Faina
2026-03-19 22:38   ` [PATCH v2 5/8] format.commitListFormat: strip meaning from empty Mirko Faina
2026-03-19 22:38   ` [PATCH v2 6/8] format-patch: wrap generate_commit_list_cover() Mirko Faina
2026-03-19 22:38   ` [PATCH v2 7/8] format-patch: add preset for --commit-list-format Mirko Faina
2026-03-19 22:38   ` [PATCH v2 8/8] format-patch: --commit-list-format without prefix Mirko Faina
2026-03-23 16:57   ` [PATCH v3 0/8] improve "git format-patch --commit-list-format" Mirko Faina
2026-03-23 16:57     ` [PATCH v3 1/8] pretty.c: better die message %(count) and %(total) Mirko Faina
2026-03-23 16:57     ` [PATCH v3 2/8] format-patch: refactor generate_commit_list_cover Mirko Faina
2026-03-23 16:57     ` [PATCH v3 3/8] format-patch: rename --cover-letter-format option Mirko Faina
2026-03-23 16:57     ` [PATCH v3 4/8] docs/pretty-formats: add %(count) and %(total) Mirko Faina
2026-03-23 16:57     ` [PATCH v3 5/8] format.commitListFormat: strip meaning from empty Mirko Faina
2026-03-23 16:57     ` [PATCH v3 6/8] format-patch: wrap generate_commit_list_cover() Mirko Faina
2026-03-23 16:57     ` [PATCH v3 7/8] format-patch: add preset for --commit-list-format Mirko Faina
2026-03-23 16:57     ` [PATCH v3 8/8] format-patch: --commit-list-format without prefix Mirko Faina
2026-03-23 20:10     ` [PATCH v3 0/8] improve "git format-patch --commit-list-format" Junio C Hamano
2026-03-24 16:19       ` Kristoffer Haugsbakk
2026-03-26 14:29       ` Phillip Wood
2026-03-26 16:37         ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-27  1:13           ` Mirko Faina
2026-03-27 16:04             ` Junio C Hamano
2026-03-27 16:18               ` Mirko Faina
2026-03-27 16:47                 ` Junio C Hamano [this message]
2026-03-26 16:34     ` D. Ben Knoble
2026-03-26 17:15       ` Mirko Faina

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