Re: [PATCH v8 2/4] format-patch: add ability to use alt cover format

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Mar 13, 2026, 17:20 UTC
Message-ID: <xmqqqzpn63yn.fsf@gitster.g>
In-Reply-To: <1759c2fe-6e7a-41b6-9869-97544870ebef@gmail.com>

Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com> writes:

> It's a pain to have to prefix the format string with "log:" when we 
> don't require it anywhere else.

I do not mind a sort of DWIM similar to "log --pretty=format:%s"; technically, "git log --prefix" requires the "format:" prefix when using a custom format (i.e., not the canned "short", "fuller", etc.) but we DWIM when the string appears to use %-interpolation.

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