Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] format-patch: add ability to use alt cover format

From: Mirko Faina <mroik@delayed.space>
Date: Feb 27, 2026, 12:41 UTC
Message-ID: <aaGQoLt_HlfZf5Zr@exploit>
In-Reply-To: <xmqq1pi6vmpo.fsf@gitster.g>

On Thu, Feb 26, 2026 at 08:23:31PM -0800, Junio C Hamano wrote:

> Don't you need to update this example?  I personally find the
> %(count)/%(total) thing a bit overengineered, but now we have it,
> you'd need to write it in your forrmat string if you want to get the
> [N/M] prefix, right?

Right, forgot to change this commit message. I will send the updated series.

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