From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:55:49 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] format-patch: Add a signature option (--signature)
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In-Reply-To: <AANLkTikM8fRb7oeeMrsEfqTzDAYhTJxN63mblhyUXJM6@mail.gmail.com>

Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com> writes:

> On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 9:53 AM, Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
>> Theodore Tso <tytso@MIT.EDU> writes:
>>
>>> I don't know how important people will feel this to be, but I've occasionally
>>> found it interesting to see how many people are using various different
>>> versions of git in a particular development community, and having the
>>> version in the signature is a useful gauge on that.
>>
>> The original motivation of the version signature was exactly that ;-).
> ...
> The real question is how useful is it to have the version number
> there? There are other ways to gauge the version usage and it's opt-in
> so you'll still get some version number coverage.

I sent the previous message without finishing that sentence.  I personally
have been feeling that the version number there outlived its usefulness
for quite some time.

If others (like Ted) find it useful/amusing/interesting, we may want to
keep the default and make sure it is not too easy to customize it away,
and I think what your patch does is fine.

Thanks.