Re: [PATCH] format-patch: introduce format.outputDirectory configuration

> >> Don't we load the config before parsing options here? In that case, we
> >> can use our usual strategy to just set output_directory (which is
> >> already a static global) from the config callback, and everything Just
> >> Works.
> >>
> >> We do have to bump the definition of output_directory up above the
> >> config callback, like so (while we are here, we might also want to
> >> drop the unnecessary static initializers, which violate our style guide):
> >
> > You would also need to remove the "oh you gave me -o twice?" check,
> > and change the semantics to "later -o overrides an earlier one",
> > wouldn't you?  Otherwise you would never be able to override what
> > you read from the config, I am afraid.
> 
> By the way, I actually think "later -o overrides an earlier one" is
> a good change by itself, regardless of this new configuration.