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Re: [PATCH 2/3] archive: specfile support (--pretty=format: in archive files)

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Sep 5, 2007, 00:23 UTC
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René Scharfe <rene.scharfe@lsrfire.ath.cx> writes:
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>> Maybe we should not so much name it by purpose, but by function.  How 
>> about "substformat" for the attribute name, and replacing any 
>> $Format:blablub$ inside those files with something a la 
>> --pretty=format:blablub?
>
> I like the $Format:...$ notation.  How about naming the attribute
> "template", as that's what a thus marked file is?

Sounds good, although I suspect "template" might confuse newbies that checkout may apply the substitution as well. How about something with "export" in it? export-subst, perhaps?

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Message 10 of 25 in “archive: specfile support (--pretty=format: in archive files)”
  1. 2/3 archive: specfile support (--pretty=format: in archive files)René Scharfe, Sep 3, 2007
  2. Johannes SchindelinSep 3, 2007
  3. David KastrupSep 3, 2007
  4. René ScharfeSep 4, 2007
  5. Junio C HamanoSep 3, 2007
  6. Andreas EricssonSep 4, 2007
  7. Johannes SchindelinSep 4, 2007
  8. René ScharfeSep 4, 2007
  9. Johannes SchindelinSep 5, 2007
  10. Junio C HamanoSep 5, 2007
  11. 4/3 archive: specfile syntax change: "$Format:%PLCHLDR$" instead of just "%PLCHLDR"René Scharfe, Sep 6, 2007
  12. Johannes SchindelinSep 6, 2007
  13. René ScharfeSep 6, 2007
  14. René ScharfeSep 6, 2007
  15. Junio C HamanoSep 6, 2007
  16. Johannes SchindelinSep 7, 2007
  17. 5/3 add memmem()René Scharfe, Sep 6, 2007
  18. 4/3 archive: specfile syntax change: "$Format:%PLCHLDR$" instead of just "%PLCHLDR" (take 2)René Scharfe, Sep 6, 2007
  19. 5/3 archive: rename attribute specfile to export-substRené Scharfe, Sep 6, 2007
  20. Johannes SchindelinSep 6, 2007
  21. René ScharfeSep 6, 2007
  22. Junio C HamanoSep 6, 2007
  23. Johannes SchindelinSep 7, 2007
  24. René ScharfeSep 4, 2007
  25. Junio C HamanoSep 5, 2007

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