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Re: [PATCH] format-patch: Produce better output with --inline or --attach

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Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date
Jul 30, 2008, 14:29 UTC
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Hi,
On Tue, 29 Jul 2008, Kevin Ballard wrote:
> MIME defines the encapsulation boundary as including the preceding CRLF (or in

This line will still be too long in git log's output, as well as in git shortlog's output. I thought we had a suggestion to use at most 76 characters per line in SubmittingPatches, but apparently we don't.

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> The second change is to always write the line termination character 
> (default: newline) even when using --inline or --attach. This is simply 
> to improve the aesthetics of the resulting message. When using --inline 
> an email client should render the resulting message identically to the 
> non-inline version. And when using --attach this adds a blank line 
> preceding the attachment in the email, which is visually attractive.

It appears that your patch has one uncontroversial and one controversial part, then.

Ciao, Dscho

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  1. format-patch: Produce better output with --inline or --attachKevin Ballard, Jul 29, 2008
  2. Jeff KingJul 30, 2008
  3. format-patch: Produce better output with --inline or --attachKevin Ballard, Jul 30, 2008
  4. Johannes SchindelinJul 30, 2008
  5. Kevin BallardJul 30, 2008
  6. Kevin BallardJul 30, 2008
  7. Jeff KingJul 31, 2008
  8. Junio C HamanoJul 30, 2008

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