Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] format-patch: add format.cover-letter configuration

From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date: Apr 7, 2013, 16:43 UTC
Message-ID: <CAMP44s1bU4RE+h49JDgoG47O8ySv2b115wubgN1t68A_ObNW4g@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <vpqbo9qfh1y.fsf@grenoble-inp.fr>

On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 11:20 AM, Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr> wrote:

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> Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 9:50 AM, Matthieu Moy
>> <Matthieu.Moy@grenoble-inp.fr> wrote:
>>> Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> So, I'm a user that does 'git format-patch --cover-letter=auto origin'
>>>> so I don't have the format.coverletter=auto configuration. Why? Why am
>>>> I not setting that configuration, and why am I running
>>>> --cover-letter=auto?
>>>
>>> The command may well be ran from a script or alias.
>>
>> Wouldn't this work for both cases?
>>
>> % git -c format.coverletter=auto format-patch
>
> Then, what's the point in having a --cover-letter option?

It's useful in the opposite cases: when the command *not* run from a script, or an alias.

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Felipe Contreras