Re: [PATCH] add new options to git format-patch: --cover-subject and --cover-blurb

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* Wesley J. Landaker (wjl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) [100205 17:53]:
> On Friday 05 February 2010 15:33:23 Junio C Hamano wrote:
> > The placeholder in particular and the cover letter itself in general are
> > meant to be edited.  I do not see much point in forcing people to edit
> >  yet another file and have them specify with an cover-blurb option.
> > 
> > Not very interested.
> 
> The original use-case is also pretty close to just doing the following:
> 
> $ git format-patch master..HEAD --cover-letter 
> $ vi 0000-cover-letter.patch
> $ git send-email --to my@xxxxxxxxxxxx *.patch
> $ git send-email --to git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx *.patch
> 
> Isn't that just as easy as the proposed --cover-* options?

Except when you decide you need to modify it after sending it to yourself.  

       --larry

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