Re: [PATCH v2] format-patch: autonumber by default

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ebiederm@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Eric W. Biederman) writes:

> Brian Gernhardt <benji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> format-patch is most commonly used for multiple patches at once when
>> sending a patchset, in which case we want to number the patches; on
>> the other hand, single patches are not usually expected to be
>> numbered.
>>
>> In other words, the typical behavior expected from format-patch is the
>> one obtained by enabling autonumber, so we set it to be the default.
>>
>> Users that want to disable numbering for a particular patchset can do
>> so with the existing -N command-line switch.  Users that want to
>> change the default behavior can use the format.numbering config key.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Brian Gernhardt <benji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>
>
> Grumble.  I updated git last night and this change just bit me.
> Grumble.
> Grumble.
>
> It is probably a good change, but it was unexpected.
> Grumble. Grumble. Grumble.

That change was in 1.6.1.1 or so, no?  Welcome to year 2009 ;-)

Out of curiousity, which version did you update _from_?
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