Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 9:50 AM, Matthieu Moy > <Matthieu.Moy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >>> So, I'm a user that does 'git format-patch --cover-letter=auto origin' >>> so I don't have the format.coverletter=auto configuration. Why? Why am >>> I not setting that configuration, and why am I running >>> --cover-letter=auto? >> >> The command may well be ran from a script or alias. > > Wouldn't this work for both cases? > > % git -c format.coverletter=auto format-patch Then, what's the point in having a --cover-letter option? "git -c" is a good last-chance solution, but when we provide the same feature as a command-line option and as a configuration option, I can see no reason to add subtle difference between them. -- Matthieu Moy http://www-verimag.imag.fr/~moy/ -- 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