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| author | Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com> | 2019-10-15 12:06:40 +0300 |
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| committer | Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2019-10-16 04:26:45 +0300 |
| commit | bf8e65b30b77308710f14d523782f99a4a23eb55 (patch) | |
| tree | 48aeeadc9e382244c08ecb286f1b56b6c302c64d /Documentation/config/format.txt | |
| parent | a92331df18112199d6aa7bee132ecf928509621c (diff) | |
format-patch: teach --cover-from-description option
Before, when format-patch generated a cover letter, only the body would
be populated with a branch's description while the subject would be
populated with placeholder text. However, users may want to have the
subject of their cover letter automatically populated in the same way.
Teach format-patch to accept the `--cover-from-description` option and
corresponding `format.coverFromDescription` config, allowing users to
populate different parts of the cover letter (including the subject
now).
Signed-off-by: Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/config/format.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config/format.txt | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config/format.txt b/Documentation/config/format.txt index cb629fa769..735dfcf827 100644 --- a/Documentation/config/format.txt +++ b/Documentation/config/format.txt @@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ format.subjectPrefix:: The default for format-patch is to output files with the '[PATCH]' subject prefix. Use this variable to change that prefix. +format.coverFromDescription:: + The default mode for format-patch to determine which parts of + the cover letter will be populated using the branch's + description. See the `--cover-from-description` option in + linkgit:git-format-patch[1]. + format.signature:: The default for format-patch is to output a signature containing the Git version number. Use this variable to change that default. |