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Re: [PATCH] format-patch: Properly escape From_ lines when creating an mbox.

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Jun 10, 2010, 16:12 UTC
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Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org> writes:
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> Another option would be to just emit RFC2822 messages unless the user
> passes an explicit option to format-patch (such as --mbox, which would
> be implied by --stdout). Then git would generate legitimate (unqoted)
> messages and legitimate (quoted) mbox files.
>
> I'd leave it to you to decide whether the --mbox option should be on by
> default or phased in with a warning or whatever.
>
> What do you think?

It sounds like that one good way to transition is to phase in --mbox as an optional feature and at a revision bump later make that the default (which would mean that we might need a --not-a-mbox option). I haven't thought things through though...

Thanks.
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