RE: generating format-patch options from an e-mail
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simon Oosthoek
> Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2012 4:08 PM
>
> * Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> [2012-12-26 12:35:28 -0800]:
> > >
> > > Anyway, I could imagine this as optional flag of git format-patch,
> so you could say:
> > > $ git format-patch -s --in-reply-to-email <mboxfile> a7fe7de8
Anyway you would need a --in-reply-to-email and a --in-reply-to-all-email, both should support stdin. Then you can feel free to --[no-]to and --[no-]cc (where is the --bcc?) to your heart's content.
It would be a nice addition.
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> > >
> > > But I'll save that as an exercise for the reader (or the future)
> >
> > I think a much more general approach would be to turn your script
> > into "get-msg-id" script and use it like so:
> >
> > $ git format-patch --in-reply-to $(get-msg-id <mboxfile>) a7fe7de8
> >
> > Then you can reuse that script in a context outside format-patch,
> > whereever you need the message-id in a single message in the
> > mailbox.
> >
>
> That would work for the message-ID, but not for the various To: and Cc:
> addresses.
>
> The hacky script that I sent afterwards produces a string with the
Nit, it does not make use of the reply-to header if present.
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> various options to git format-patch (--to --cc --in-reply-to) based on
> the headers To:/Cc:/From:/Message-ID:
>
> Cheers
>
> Simon
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