Re: [PATCH 2/2] format-patch: --inline-single

> Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
>
>>> @@ -421,6 +443,9 @@ void pp_user_info(const struct pretty_print_context *pp,
>>>  	if (pp->mailmap)
>>>  		map_user(pp->mailmap, &mailbuf, &maillen, &namebuf, &namelen);
>>>  
>>> +	if (pp->inline_single && is_current_user(pp, mailbuf, maillen, namebuf, namelen))
>>> +		return;
>>> +
>>>  	strbuf_init(&mail, 0);
>>>  	strbuf_init(&name, 0);
>>
>> This makes sense to suppress the user line when it is not necessary. But
>> we should probably always be suppressing the Date line, as it is almost
>> always useless.
>
> When I (figuratively) am sending my patch in a discussion, saying
> "You could do it this way", on the other hand, I agree that the date
> is uninteresting.