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| author |  Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org> | 2016-07-30 02:41:56 -0700 |
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| committer |  Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> | 2016-08-01 13:13:02 -0700 |
| commit | 6bc6b6c0dc0a58874a7a6b9afc3156a5cf9bb10d (patch) | |
| tree | 05343b68df9de90923ea0fc2d3088f86321d2816 /Documentation | |
| parent | Some fixes for 2.9.3 (diff) | |
| download | tgif-6bc6b6c0dc0a58874a7a6b9afc3156a5cf9bb10d.tar.xz | |
format-patch: format.from gives the default for --from
This helps users who would prefer format-patch to default to --from,
and makes it easier to change the default in the future.
Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/config.txt | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/config.txt b/Documentation/config.txt index 6ad3eb66df..cdc99dca26 100644 --- a/Documentation/config.txt +++ b/Documentation/config.txt @@ -1227,6 +1227,16 @@ format.attach:: value as the boundary. See the --attach option in linkgit:git-format-patch[1]. +format.from:: + Provides the default value for the `--from` option to format-patch. + Accepts a boolean value, or a name and email address. If false, + format-patch defaults to `--no-from`, using commit authors directly in + the "From:" field of patch mails. If true, format-patch defaults to + `--from`, using your committer identity in the "From:" field of patch + mails and including a "From:" field in the body of the patch mail if + different. If set to a non-boolean value, format-patch uses that + value instead of your committer identity. Defaults to false. + format.numbered:: A boolean which can enable or disable sequence numbers in patch subjects. It defaults to "auto" which enables it only if there |