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Re: [PATCH 2/2] Improve collection of information for format-patch --cover-letter

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 26, 2008, 18:46 UTC
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Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@iabervon.org> writes:
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> On Mon, 25 Feb 2008, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
>> Daniel Barkalow <barkalow@iabervon.org> writes:
>> 
>> > ... Note that the single boundary test is empirical, not 
>> > theoretical; even a -2 limiting condition will give a diffstat if there's 
>> > only one boundary commit in this particular case.
>> 
>> It is unclear what "a -2 limiting condition" means here...
>
> Like "git format-patch -2". What is that actually called?

"max count"? So you wanted to say that the new code sometimes figures out (with --boundary) what to compare against even when the user does not explicitly specify where the range begins from the command line. Thanks for a clarification.

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Message 4 of 8 in “Improve collection of information for format-patch --cover-letter”
  1. 2/2 Improve collection of information for format-patch --cover-letterDaniel Barkalow, Feb 25, 2008
  2. Junio C HamanoFeb 26, 2008
  3. Daniel BarkalowFeb 26, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 26, 2008
  5. format-patch: remove a leftover debugging messageJunio C Hamano, Feb 28, 2008
  6. Daniel BarkalowFeb 28, 2008
  7. Junio C HamanoFeb 26, 2008
  8. Junio C HamanoFeb 26, 2008

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