[PATCH - todo] Changes to e-mailed patch handling in v1.5.0

From: Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date: Jan 17, 2007, 23:06 UTC
Message-ID: <7vhcupp81v.fsf_-_@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>
In-Reply-To: <7vwt3lp97c.fsf_-_@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net>

This applies to the draft v1.5.0 release notes in 'todo' branch and summarizes the changes my patches to format-patch bring in.

I am neutral about changing the default suffix from .txt to .patch; comments?

diff --git a/v1.5.0.txt b/v1.5.0.txt
index 2fccf8e..6a9a8d6 100644
--- a/v1.5.0.txt
+++ b/v1.5.0.txt
@@ -268,6 +268,21 @@ Updates in v1.5.0 since v1.4.4 series
    excuse us for this very minor one-time inconvenience.
 
 
+* e-mailed patches
+
+ - See the above I18n section.
+
+ - git-format-patch now enables --binary without being asked.
+   git-am does _not_ default to it, as sending binary patch via
+   e-mail is unusual and is harder to review than textual
+   patches and it is prudent to require the person who is
+   applying the patch to explicitly ask for it.
+
+ - The default suffix for git-format-patch output is now ".patch",
+   not ".txt".  This can be changed with --suffix=.txt option,
+   or "format.suffix = .txt" in the configuration.
+
+
 * Foreign SCM interfaces
 
   - git-svn now requires the Perl SVN:: libraries, the