Re: [PATCH] Teach the --cover-letter option to format-patch

> On Tuesday 10 July 2007 19:20, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On Tue, 10 Jul 2007, Daniel Barkalow wrote:
> > 
> > > I think this is missing the ultra-important "extra_headers" stuff, which 
> > > is what makes my messages actually reach the right people. That's why 
> > > I'd like the code shared for generating headers (except for Subject) for 
> > > a rev_info between the code that does it for patch messages and the code 
> > > for the cover letter. I think it's also missing making [PATCH 1/N] a 
> > > reply to it if the series is set up as replies.
> > 
> > Ah yes. Both issues should be relatively easy to integrate into my patch.
> > 
> > > I like the design, in any case. I want the blurb actually stored in the 
> > > objects directory somehow, so that I don't have to trawl through my sent 
> > > email for it when I send the series again for some reason, but that's a 
> > > relatively straightforward extension to your code. (Read an object with 
> > > a hash and stick the text in instead of the ***...*** parts.)
> > 
> > I do not understand. But then, my patch should be a good starting point. 
> > Go wild.
> > 
> > Ciao,
> > Dscho
> Anybody working on this?
> Somebody, *cough* convinced me into working on this.
> I already split up the existing patch into logic parts, and will now try to read message / header
> from file or a commit.