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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 |