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Re: Notes in format-patch

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Nov 13, 2012, 16:56 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
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> Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net> writes:
>
>> Michael J Gruber venit, vidit, dixit 12.11.2012 15:18:
>>> 'git replace' parses the revision arguments when it creates replacements
>>> (so that a sha1 can be abbreviated, e.g.) but not when deleting
>>> replacements.
>>> 
>>> Make it parse the argument to 'replace -d' in the same way.
>>> 
>>> Signed-off-by: Michael J Gruber <git@drmicha.warpmail.net>
>>> ---
>>> 
>>> Notes:
>>>     v3 safeguards the hex buffer against reuse
>>>  builtin/replace.c  | 16 ++++++++++------
>>>  t/t6050-replace.sh | 11 +++++++++++
>>>  2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>> 
>>> diff --git a/builtin/replace.c b/builtin/replace.c
>>
>> By the way - Junio, is that the intented outcome of "format-patch
>> --notes"? I would rather put the newline between the note and the
>> diffstat...
>
> I do not mind (actually I personally would prefer to see) a blank
> line between the three-dash and "Notes:", but I agree that we should
> have a blank line before the diffstat block.

As the topic seems to be already in Peff's next, here is a trivial fix for this in incremental form.

-- >8 --
Subject: format-patch: add a blank line between notes and diffstat

The last line of the note text comes immediately before the diffstat block, making the latter unnecessarily harder to view.

Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
---
 log-tree.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git i/log-tree.c w/log-tree.c
index 712a22b..9303fd8 100644
--- i/log-tree.c
+++ w/log-tree.c
@@ -683,6 +683,7 @@ void show_log(struct rev_info *opt)
 			opt->shown_dashes = 1;
 		}
 		strbuf_addstr(&msgbuf, ctx.notes_message);
+		strbuf_addch(&msgbuf, '\n');
 	}
 
 	if (opt->show_log_size) {
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Message 18 of 22 in “replace: parse revision argument for -d”
  1. replace: parse revision argument for -dMichael J Gruber, Oct 26, 2012
  2. Christian CouderOct 26, 2012
  3. Jeff KingOct 29, 2012
  4. Michael J GruberOct 29, 2012
  5. Jeff KingOct 29, 2012
  6. Michael J GruberOct 29, 2012
  7. [PATCHv2] replace: parse revision argument for -dMichael J Gruber, Oct 29, 2012
  8. Jeff KingNov 9, 2012
  9. Michael J GruberNov 12, 2012
  10. [PATCHv3] replace: parse revision argument for -dMichael J Gruber, Nov 12, 2012
  11. Jeff KingNov 12, 2012
  12. Michael J GruberNov 13, 2012
  13. [PATCHv4] replace: parse revision argument for -dMichael J Gruber, Nov 13, 2012
  14. Jeff KingNov 13, 2012
  15. Notes in format-patch (was: Re: [PATCHv3] replace: parse revision argument for -d)Michael J Gruber, Nov 13, 2012
  16. Jeff KingNov 13, 2012
  17. Junio C HamanoNov 13, 2012
  18. Junio C HamanoNov 13, 2012
  19. Junio C HamanoNov 13, 2012
  20. Junio C HamanoNov 13, 2012
  21. Michael J GruberNov 14, 2012
  22. Junio C HamanoNov 14, 2012

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