From: Thomas Rast Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:26:33 GMT Subject: [PATCH 4/4] format-patch: support deep threading Message-ID: <89a713f0418c31fcbc97f3019100779816f111b6.1235078708.git.trast@student.ethz.ch> In-Reply-To: For deep threading mode, i.e., the mode that gives a thread structured like + [PATCH 0/n] Cover letter `-+ [PATCH 1/n] First patch `-+ [PATCH 2/n] Second patch `-+ ... we currently have to use 'git send-email --thread' (the default). On the other hand, format-patch also has a --thread option which gives shallow mode, i.e., + [PATCH 0/n] Cover letter |-+ [PATCH 1/n] First patch |-+ [PATCH 2/n] Second patch ... To reduce the confusion resulting from having two indentically named features in different tools giving different results, let format-patch take an optional argument '--thread=deep' that gives the same output as 'send-mail --thread'. With no argument, or 'shallow', behave as before. Also add a configuration variable format.thread with the same semantics. Signed-off-by: Thomas Rast --- Documentation/config.txt | 10 +++ Documentation/git-format-patch.txt | 10 +++- builtin-log.c | 35 +++++++++- t/t4014-format-patch.sh | 120 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 4 files changed, 170 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index f5152c5..300ab25 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -677,6 +677,16 @@ format.pretty:: See linkgit:git-log[1], linkgit:git-show[1], linkgit:git-whatchanged[1]. +format.thread:: + The default threading style for 'git-format-patch'. Can be + either a boolean value, `shallow` or `deep`. 'Shallow' + threading makes every mail a reply to the head of the series, + where the head is chosen from the cover letter, the + `\--in-reply-to`, and the first patch mail, in this order. + 'Deep' threading makes every mail a reply to the previous one. + A true boolean value is the same as `shallow`, and a false + value disables threading. + gc.aggressiveWindow:: The window size parameter used in the delta compression algorithm used by 'git-gc --aggressive'. This defaults diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt index 11a7d77..4302b14 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt @@ -122,10 +122,18 @@ include::diff-options.txt[] which is the commit message and the patch itself in the second part, with "Content-Disposition: inline". ---thread:: +--thread[=