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Re: [PATCH] Teach the --cover-letter option to format-patch

From
Peter Oberndorfer <kumbayo84@arcor.de>
Date
Jul 24, 2007, 20:12 UTC
Message-ID
<200707242212.27837.kumbayo84@arcor.de>
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<Pine.LNX.4.64.0707101819350.4047@racer.site>
On Tuesday 10 July 2007 19:20, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
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> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, 10 Jul 2007, Daniel Barkalow wrote:
> 
> > I think this is missing the ultra-important "extra_headers" stuff, which 
> > is what makes my messages actually reach the right people. That's why 
> > I'd like the code shared for generating headers (except for Subject) for 
> > a rev_info between the code that does it for patch messages and the code 
> > for the cover letter. I think it's also missing making [PATCH 1/N] a 
> > reply to it if the series is set up as replies.
> 
> Ah yes. Both issues should be relatively easy to integrate into my patch.
> 
> > I like the design, in any case. I want the blurb actually stored in the 
> > objects directory somehow, so that I don't have to trawl through my sent 
> > email for it when I send the series again for some reason, but that's a 
> > relatively straightforward extension to your code. (Read an object with 
> > a hash and stick the text in instead of the ***...*** parts.)
> 
> I do not understand. But then, my patch should be a good starting point. 
> Go wild.
> 
> Ciao,
> Dscho

Anybody working on this? Somebody, *cough* convinced me into working on this. I already split up the existing patch into logic parts, and will now try to read message / header from file or a commit.

Greetings Peter
Previous: Johannes SchindelinNext: Daniel Barkalow
Message 10 of 11 in “[RFC] series headers”
  1. Daniel BarkalowJul 10, 2007
  2. Junio C HamanoJul 10, 2007
  3. Theodore TsoJul 10, 2007
  4. Johannes SchindelinJul 10, 2007
  5. Theodore TsoJul 10, 2007
  6. Johannes SchindelinJul 10, 2007
  7. Teach the --cover-letter option to format-patchJohannes Schindelin, Jul 10, 2007
  8. Daniel BarkalowJul 10, 2007
  9. Johannes SchindelinJul 10, 2007
  10. Peter OberndorferJul 24, 2007
  11. Daniel BarkalowJul 24, 2007

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