Re: [PATCH] Add tests for git format-patch --to and format.to config option

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mar 7, 2010, 18:38 UTC
Message-ID: <7vk4torn8j.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>
In-Reply-To: <4B937559.6000302@gmail.com>

Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com> writes:

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> ... We have the
> option of making them consistent with the rest of git with a little bit
> of work. If you say --no-cc or --no-add-headers or --no-to the
> respective config should be overriden. If you say --to or --cc or
> --add-headers it should be appended. I doubt anyone would find that
> surprising since --no-* doesn't do anything right now.

That sounds like a sensible and practical way out, as it won't break existing setup that expects the additive behaviour these two command somehow ended up with, while allowing --no-* to override the config when necessary.

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