From: Junio C Hamano Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 18:23:38 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] git-format-patch: Make the second and subsequent mails replies to the first Message-ID: <7v4pxkoxjp.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> In-Reply-To: <1152897407.5177.8.camel@josh-work.beaverton.ibm.com> Josh Triplett writes: >> While I understand what you said about imap-send, I really would >> feel better if this was optional. Do not change the default >> output format, please. > > So rather than the --no-thread option provided in the second patch of > this series, you'd prefer a --thread option to enable setting the > In-Reply-To/References headers? Eh, that's not what I meant. I do not mind the code you added to log-tree.c and revision.h, and honestly I do not care which of threading or non-threading mode is the default, although I think your explanation that it parallels what send-email does makes a lot of sense. But I do mind that the code added by the first patch to cmd_format_patch runs by default, and worse yet, there is no option turn it off. Setting message_id and ref_message_id in rev_info struct should be something the end user should ask for explicitly by invoking the command with an option, perhaps --with-message-id, which you probably would also want to turn on when any of --no-thread, --thread or --initial-reply-to options are given. -