From: Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu>
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:13:09 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] format-patch: Add a signature option (--signature)
Message-ID: <DB1710D5-1699-45C2-8884-5D60C5240ED9@mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <1276578039-25023-1-git-send-email-bebarino@gmail.com>


On Jun 15, 2010, at 1:00 AM, Stephen Boyd wrote:

> 
> This does modify the original behavior of format-patch a bit. First
> off the version string is now placed in the cover letter by default.

I don't know how important people will feel this to be, but I've occasionally
found it interesting to see how many people are using various different
versions of git in a particular development community, and having the
version in the signature is a useful gauge on that.  Putting it in the cover
letter isn't really a complete substitute for this because many patches
and short patch series go out without cover letters...

-- Ted