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_? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html