Re: [PATCH 2/3] format-patch: add ability to use alt cover format

From: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date: Feb 24, 2026, 09:18 UTC
Message-ID: <20260224091849.GA994347@coredump.intra.peff.net>
In-Reply-To: <aZ1qLtteLECvnY4R@exploit>

On Tue, Feb 24, 2026 at 10:09:39AM +0100, Mirko Faina wrote:

> Thank you for taking time to explain more in depth. I'm sorry for having
> CC'd you for such a trivial matter, I just didn't realise it was
> possible for an empty string to make it there, I assumed it would've
> been checked earlier.

It is my penance for having been involved in the mess that is pretty.c in the first place. ;)

-Peff

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