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[PATCH v4 4/3] fixup! format-patch: teach --cover-from-description option

From
Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>
Date
Oct 11, 2019, 19:23 UTC
Message-ID
<d3d07c31a7c5d4db0b3efd1e7fa074966399254b.1570821731.git.liu.denton@gmail.com>
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Signed-off-by: Denton Liu <liu.denton@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-format-patch.txt | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index 86114e4c22..4c652c97f5 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ with configuration variables.
 	signOff = true
 	outputDirectory = <directory>
 	coverLetter = auto
-	inferCoverSubject = true
+	coverFromDescription = auto
 ------------
 
 

-- 
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Message 83 of 91 in “format-patch: learn --infer-cover-subject option”
  1. 0/4 format-patch: learn --infer-cover-subject optionDenton Liu, Aug 19, 2019
  2. 1/4 t4014: clean up styleDenton Liu, Aug 19, 2019
  3. Eric SunshineAug 20, 2019
  4. 2/4 Doc: add more detail for git-format-patchDenton Liu, Aug 19, 2019
  5. Eric SunshineAug 20, 2019
  6. Denton LiuAug 20, 2019
  7. 3/4 config/format.txt: make clear the default value of format.coverLetterDenton Liu, Aug 19, 2019
  8. Eric SunshineAug 20, 2019
  9. 4/4 format-patch: learn --infer-cover-letter optionDenton Liu, Aug 19, 2019
  10. Eric SunshineAug 20, 2019
  11. 00/13 format-patch: learn --infer-cover-subject option (also t4014 cleanup)Denton Liu, Aug 20, 2019
  12. 01/13 t4014: drop unnecessary blank lines from test casesDenton Liu, Aug 20, 2019
  13. 02/13 t4014: s/expected/expect/Denton Liu, Aug 20, 2019
  14. Eric SunshineAug 20, 2019
  15. 03/13 t4014: move closing sq onto its own lineDenton Liu, Aug 20, 2019
  16. 04/13 t4014: use sq for test case namesDenton Liu, Aug 20, 2019
  17. 05/13 t4014: remove spaces after redirect operatorsDenton Liu, Aug 20, 2019
  18. 06/13 t4014: use indentable here-docsDenton Liu, Aug 20, 2019
  19. 07/13 t4014: drop redirections to /dev/nullDenton Liu, Aug 20, 2019
  20. 08/13 t4014: use test_line_count() where possibleDenton Liu, Aug 20, 2019
  21. 09/13 t4014: remove confusing pipe in check_threading()Denton Liu, Aug 20, 2019
  22. 10/13 t4014: stop losing return codes of git commandsDenton Liu, Aug 20, 2019
  23. Denton LiuAug 20, 2019
  24. Johannes SixtAug 20, 2019
  25. 11/13 Doc: add more detail for git-format-patchDenton Liu, Aug 20, 2019
  26. Junio C HamanoAug 21, 2019
  27. 12/13 config/format.txt: specify default value of format.coverLetterDenton Liu, Aug 20, 2019
  28. 13/13 format-patch: learn --infer-cover-subject optionDenton Liu, Aug 20, 2019
  29. Junio C HamanoAug 21, 2019
  30. Denton LiuAug 23, 2019
  31. Philip OakleyAug 23, 2019
  32. Junio C HamanoAug 23, 2019
  33. Denton LiuAug 24, 2019
  34. Philip OakleyAug 24, 2019
  35. Junio C HamanoAug 26, 2019
  36. Junio C HamanoAug 26, 2019
  37. Junio C HamanoAug 26, 2019
  38. Junio C HamanoAug 22, 2019
  39. Denton LiuAug 23, 2019
  40. Junio C HamanoAug 23, 2019
  41. 00/13 format-patch: clean up tests and documentationDenton Liu, Aug 24, 2019
  42. 01/13 t4014: drop unnecessary blank lines from test casesDenton Liu, Aug 24, 2019
  43. 02/13 t4014: s/expected/expect/Denton Liu, Aug 24, 2019
  44. 03/13 t4014: move closing sq onto its own lineDenton Liu, Aug 24, 2019
  45. 04/13 t4014: use sq for test case namesDenton Liu, Aug 24, 2019
  46. 05/13 t4014: remove spaces after redirect operatorsDenton Liu, Aug 24, 2019
  47. 06/13 t4014: use indentable here-docsDenton Liu, Aug 24, 2019
  48. 07/13 t4014: drop redirections to /dev/nullDenton Liu, Aug 24, 2019
  49. 08/13 t4014: let sed open its own filesDenton Liu, Aug 24, 2019
  50. Eric SunshineAug 26, 2019
  51. 09/13 t4014: use test_line_count() where possibleDenton Liu, Aug 24, 2019
  52. 10/13 t4014: remove confusing pipe in check_threading()Denton Liu, Aug 24, 2019
  53. 11/13 t4014: stop losing return codes of git commandsDenton Liu, Aug 24, 2019
  54. 12/13 Doc: add more detail for git-format-patchDenton Liu, Aug 24, 2019
  55. Junio C HamanoAug 26, 2019
  56. Junio C HamanoAug 26, 2019
  57. 13/13 config/format.txt: specify default value of format.coverLetterDenton Liu, Aug 24, 2019
  58. Denton LiuAug 24, 2019
  59. Junio C HamanoAug 26, 2019
  60. 00/13 format-patch: clean up tests and documentationDenton Liu, Aug 27, 2019
  61. 01/13 t4014: drop unnecessary blank lines from test casesDenton Liu, Aug 27, 2019
  62. 02/13 t4014: s/expected/expect/Denton Liu, Aug 27, 2019
  63. 03/13 t4014: move closing sq onto its own lineDenton Liu, Aug 27, 2019
  64. 04/13 t4014: use sq for test case namesDenton Liu, Aug 27, 2019
  65. 05/13 t4014: remove spaces after redirect operatorsDenton Liu, Aug 27, 2019
  66. 06/13 t4014: use indentable here-docsDenton Liu, Aug 27, 2019
  67. 07/13 t4014: drop redirections to /dev/nullDenton Liu, Aug 27, 2019
  68. 08/13 t4014: let sed open its own filesDenton Liu, Aug 27, 2019
  69. 09/13 t4014: use test_line_count() where possibleDenton Liu, Aug 27, 2019
  70. 10/13 t4014: remove confusing pipe in check_threading()Denton Liu, Aug 27, 2019
  71. 11/13 t4014: stop losing return codes of git commandsDenton Liu, Aug 27, 2019
  72. 12/13 Doc: add more detail for git-format-patchDenton Liu, Aug 27, 2019
  73. 13/13 config/format.txt: specify default value of format.coverLetterDenton Liu, Aug 27, 2019
  74. Denton LiuSep 4, 2019
  75. Junio C HamanoSep 5, 2019
  76. Denton LiuSep 5, 2019
  77. 0/3 format-patch: learn --cover-from-description optionDenton Liu, Oct 11, 2019
  78. 1/3 format-patch: remove erroneous and conditionDenton Liu, Oct 11, 2019
  79. 2/3 format-patch: use enum variablesDenton Liu, Oct 11, 2019
  80. Junio C HamanoOct 12, 2019
  81. 3/3 format-patch: teach --cover-from-description optionDenton Liu, Oct 11, 2019
  82. Junio C HamanoOct 12, 2019
  83. 4/3 fixup! format-patch: teach --cover-from-description optionDenton Liu, Oct 11, 2019
  84. Junio C HamanoOct 12, 2019
  85. 0/3 format-patch: learn --cover-from-description optionDenton Liu, Oct 14, 2019
  86. 1/3 format-patch: change erroneous and conditionDenton Liu, Oct 14, 2019
  87. Junio C HamanoOct 15, 2019
  88. Denton LiuOct 15, 2019
  89. 2/3 format-patch: use enum variablesDenton Liu, Oct 14, 2019
  90. 3/3 format-patch: teach --cover-from-description optionDenton Liu, Oct 14, 2019
  91. Junio C HamanoOct 15, 2019

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