Re: [PATCH v7 4/5] format-patch: add commitListFormat config

From: Mirko Faina <mroik@delayed.space>
Date: Mar 10, 2026, 21:19 UTC
Message-ID: <abCKBXo8vKgv-8RG@exploit>
In-Reply-To: <6b160915-1cdf-48b5-abe4-3efd0771598e@gmail.com>

On Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 02:34:01PM +0000, Phillip Wood wrote:

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> It is unusual for an empty config value to mean something different from it
> not being set. The reason for this is that it allows
> 
>     git -c config.key some-command
> 
> to act as though config.key was not set.
> 
> Perhaps we should use the value "default" to generate a default format. It
> would be nice to support a default format on the commandline as well.

If nothing is passed it defaults to "shortlog", it wouldn't make sense to call it "default". But I agree, accepting a value as set but without passing anything to it can create some issues when interacting from cli.

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