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From:   Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] format-patch: use --compact-summary instead of --summary
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Nguyễn Thái Ngọc Duy  <pclouds@gmail.com> writes:

> For reviewers, a couple fewer lines from diffstat (either cover letter
> or patches) is a good thing because there's less to read.

I can certainly accept that there may be some reviewers who share
that view, but me personally, I would rather have them outside the
main diffstat section, so addition and removal of files that are
rarer events do stand out.

I guess people would not mind an option to use it, but they can
already say "git format-patch --compact-summary $upstream..", so...