Re: [PATCH] format-patch: autonumber by default

> On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 2:33 PM, Johannes Schindelin
> <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 2 Oct 2008, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote:
> >
> >> Set auto-number true by default, allowing the format.number key to be
> >> set to 'noauto' to override this.
> >> ---
> >>  builtin-log.c |    6 +++++-
> >>  1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> >
> > Interesting.  No sign-off, no defense why this is actually desirable,
> > after we lived for so long without this behavior... Care to elaborate?
> 
> Doh, sorry about the Sign-off, I'll resend with.
> 
> Now, about the reason for this patch: I would say that the most common
> use-case of format-patch being used to prepare multiple patches is
> when one plans on sending a patchset. When format.numbering is set to
> auto, single-patches will still be extracted without numbers, but
> patchset will be properly numbered.
> 
> Of course, there may be cases where one doesn't want numbering (for
> which there is the -N flag already), and of course we want to give the
> user the choice to disable autonumbering at the config level, for
> which there is the new noauto option for format.numbering.
> 
> If this explanation is good enough for you, I'll plop it in the resend
> message too :)