From: Steven Drake <sdrake@xnet.co.nz>
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:53:57 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add tests for git format-patch --to and format.to config option
Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1003101643390.21063@vqena.qenxr.bet.am>
In-Reply-To: <7vk4torn8j.fsf@alter.siamese.dyndns.org>

On Sun, 7 Mar 2010, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> Stephen Boyd <bebarino@gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > ... We have the
> > option of making them consistent with the rest of git with a little bit
> > of work. If you say --no-cc or --no-add-headers or --no-to the
> > respective config should be overriden. If you say --to or --cc or
> > --add-headers it should be appended. I doubt anyone would find that
> > surprising since --no-* doesn't do anything right now.
> 
> That sounds like a sensible and practical way out, as it won't break
> existing setup that expects the additive behaviour these two command
> somehow ended up with, while allowing --no-* to override the config when
> necessary.

I agree with that.

-- 
Steven