Re: [PATCH] format-patch: Properly escape From_ lines when creating an mbox.

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Carl Worth <cworth@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Another option would be to just emit RFC2822 messages unless the user
> passes an explicit option to format-patch (such as --mbox, which would
> be implied by --stdout). Then git would generate legitimate (unqoted)
> messages and legitimate (quoted) mbox files.
>
> I'd leave it to you to decide whether the --mbox option should be on by
> default or phased in with a warning or whatever.
>
> What do you think?

It sounds like that one good way to transition is to phase in --mbox as an
optional feature and at a revision bump later make that the default (which
would mean that we might need a --not-a-mbox option).  I haven't thought
things through though...

Thanks.


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