From: Andreas Ericsson Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2007 16:34:09 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-format-patch: Number patches when there are more than one Message-ID: <472CA301.50508@op5.se> In-Reply-To: Johannes Schindelin wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, 3 Nov 2007, Mike Hommey wrote: > >> Automagically enable numbering if we output more than one patch. >> >> Signed-off-by: Mike Hommey >> --- >> >> On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 10:44:12AM +0100, Johannes Schindelin wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> On Sun, 21 Oct 2007, Andreas Ericsson wrote: >>> >>>> [PATCH 1/1] looks a bit silly, and automagically handling this in >>>> git-format-patch makes some scripting around it a lot more pleasant. >>> I think you should not use "-n" if you do not want to have the numbers. >>> In circumstances as yours, where you can have patch series larger than >>> one, I imagine that the "[PATCH 1/1]" bears an important information, >>> which is not present in "[PATCH]": this patch series contains only one >>> patch. >>> >>> IOW I do not like your patch: too much DWIDNS (Do What I Did NOT Say) for >>> me. >> How about the contrary ? > > Still DWIDNSAA. > Every piece of DWIM can be translated as "do what I didn't say". If you had to say it, it wouldn't be DWIM after all. -- Andreas Ericsson andreas.ericsson@op5.se OP5 AB www.op5.se Tel: +46 8-230225 Fax: +46 8-230231