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Re: [PATCH v2] format-patch: support format.mboxrd with --stdout

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Dec 23, 2022, 01:34 UTC
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Eric Wong <e@80x24.org> writes:
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> Subject: [PATCH v2] format-patch: support format.mboxrd with --stdout
>
> mboxrd is a more robust output format when used with --stdout
> and needs more exposure.  Introducing this config knob lets
> users choose the more robust format for all their --stdout
> uses.
>
> Relying on --pretty=mboxrd and including all of pretty-formats.txt
> in the `git format-patch' documentation would likely be
> confusing to users.  Furthermore, this setting is useful across
> multiple invocations.  So introduce `format.mboxrd' as a boolean
> configuration knob that changes the default --pretty=email format
> to --pretty=mboxrd when (and only when) --stdout is in use.
Sounds sensible.
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Message 6 of 6 in “format-patch: add --mboxrd alias for --pretty=mboxrd”
  1. format-patch: add --mboxrd alias for --pretty=mboxrdEric Wong, Nov 14, 2022
  2. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonNov 14, 2022
  3. Eric WongNov 14, 2022
  4. Junio C HamanoDec 18, 2022
  5. format-patch: support format.mboxrd with --stdoutEric Wong, Dec 22, 2022
  6. Junio C HamanoDec 23, 2022

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