{"thread":{"id":"65008","subject":"Re: [PATCH v2] format-patch: fix From header in cover letter","startedAt":"2026-02-17T21:41:26Z","lastAt":"2026-02-17T21:41:26Z","messageCount":1,"participants":["Mirko Faina"],"isPatch":true,"patchVersion":2,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"536229","messageId":"aZTeLDzxSRRS4JAo@exploit","threadId":"65008","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Re: [PATCH v2] format-patch: fix From header in cover letter","fromName":"Mirko Faina","fromEmail":"mroik@delayed.space","sentAt":"2026-02-17T21:41:23Z","receivedAt":"2026-02-17T21:41:26Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"mroik@delayed.space","avatar":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/25752903?v=4"},"body":"On Tue, Feb 17, 2026 at 07:22:33AM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:\n> Yes.  It does make sense to document the change in thinking in the\n> proposed log message and in documentation.\n\nAs I said to Patrick, I don't think anyone would reasonably expect\n\"--from\" to not apply to the cover letter as well. Given this, I'm not\nsure we should refer to this as a change in thinking in the commit\nmessage, it should be treated as a bug as if it should've always been\nthis way.\n\nI will edit the documentation to remove any ambiguity.\n\nThank you\n"}]}