Re: [PATCH v4] add-patch: enforce only one-letter response to prompts

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: May 23, 2024, 15:58 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqq5xv4wme6.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <Zk7UsJjhY_FV2z8C@tanuki>

Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:

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>>    As an experiment, this message has the range-diff at the end, not
>>    before the primary part of the patch text.  I think this format
>>    should be easier to read for reviewers.
>
> Huh, interesting. I do like that format better indeed. You did that
> manually instead of using `--range-diff`, right?

Yes.

To me, "format-patch --range-diff" is a lot more cumbersome to use than running "format-patch", open the result in Emacs, and then doing "\C-u \M-! git range-diff ..." to insert its output, as I'll be opening it in the editor for typofixes anyway.