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Re: [PATCH] format-patch: print format-patch usage if there are no arguments

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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Jan 13, 2015, 19:17 UTC
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Alexander Kuleshov <kuleshovmail@gmail.com> writes:
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> 2015-01-14 0:43 GMT+06:00 Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>:
>> Why?
>
> As some commands does it when they are executed without arguments,
> like git config, git blame and etc...

For format-patch, I think the current behaviour is more of the lack of implementation of the obvious default. "git blame" does not have any obvious default (would there be a single file you would want to dig the history when the user does not tell you which one? No), so it proabaly is the right thing to do to error out.

But I would not surprised if those who build on top of others' work to wish that "git format-patch" that was invoked without argument on a branch created by "git checkout -t -b" to default to format commits since the branch forked from @{upstream}, for example.

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  1. format-patch: print format-patch usage if there are no argumentsAlexander Kuleshov, Jan 13, 2015
  2. Junio C HamanoJan 13, 2015
  3. Alexander KuleshovJan 13, 2015
  4. Junio C HamanoJan 13, 2015
  5. Stefan BellerJan 13, 2015
  6. Junio C HamanoJan 13, 2015
  7. Jeff KingJan 13, 2015
  8. Stefan BellerJan 13, 2015
  9. my hacky mutt-specific format-patch workflowJeff King, Jan 14, 2015
  10. Junio C HamanoJan 13, 2015

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