Add the --in-reply-to option to provide a Message-Id for an initial
In-Reply-To/References header, useful for including a new patch series as part
of an existing thread.
Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/git-format-patch.txt | 6 ++++++
builtin-log.c | 10 ++++++++++
2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index 305bd79..67425dc 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ SYNOPSIS
[verse]
'git-format-patch' [-n | -k] [-o <dir> | --stdout] [--attach] [--thread]
[-s | --signoff] [--diff-options] [--start-number <n>]
+ [--in-reply-to=Message-Id]
<since>[..<until>]
DESCRIPTION
@@ -72,6 +73,11 @@ OPTIONS
subsequent mails appear as replies to the first. Also generates
the Message-Id header to reference.
+--in-reply-to=Message-Id::
+ Make the first mail (or all the mails with --no-thread) appear as a
+ reply to the given Message-Id, which avoids breaking threads to
+ provide a new patch series.
+
CONFIGURATION
-------------
You can specify extra mail header lines to be added to each
diff --git a/builtin-log.c b/builtin-log.c
index 4572295..3ef7b8e 100644
--- a/builtin-log.c
+++ b/builtin-log.c
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const cha
int keep_subject = 0;
int ignore_if_in_upstream = 0;
int thread = 0;
+ char *in_reply_to = NULL;
struct diff_options patch_id_opts;
char *add_signoff = NULL;
char message_id[1024];
@@ -314,6 +315,14 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const cha
ignore_if_in_upstream = 1;
else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--thread"))
thread = 1;
+ else if (!strncmp(argv[i], "--in-reply-to=", 14))
+ in_reply_to = argv[i] + 14;
+ else if (!strcmp(argv[i], "--in-reply-to")) {
+ i++;
+ if (i == argc)
+ die("Need a Message-Id for --in-reply-to");
+ in_reply_to = argv[i];
+ }
else
argv[j++] = argv[i];
}
@@ -371,6 +380,7 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const cha
if (numbered)
rev.total = total + start_number - 1;
rev.add_signoff = add_signoff;
+ rev.ref_message_id = in_reply_to;
while (0 <= --nr) {
int shown;
commit = list[nr];
--
1.4.1.gd2cb0
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