[PATCH v2 0/2] format-patch: Transition the default to --from to avoid spoofed mails
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Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
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- Jul 30, 2016, 19:11 UTC
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- <20160730191104.2ps5k7eji7aqgufg@x>
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As discussed, this patch series allows transitioning the default behavior of format-patch to --from, to avoid spoofing mails when formatting commits not written by the user.
The first patch introduces the format.from option to set the default value of format-patch --from. This patch doesn't change the default behavior of format-patch, so it can go in without any transition.
The second patch changes the default to --from. If you'd like to delay this patch for a release and mention the planned change in the release notes, let me know and I'll provide text for the release notes; if you don't think this needs a transition period, you can go ahead and apply the second patch.
v2: Unify the various places setting from into a single helper function.
Josh Triplett (2): format-patch: Add a config option format.from to set the default for --from format-patch: Default to --from
Documentation/config.txt | 10 ++++- builtin/log.c | 47 +++++++++++++++---- contrib/completion/git-completion.bash | 1 +- t/t4014-format-patch.sh | 68 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 4 files changed, 114 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
-- git-series 0.8.7