On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 11:20 AM, Matthieu Moy <Matthieu.Moy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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? It's useful in the opposite cases: when the command *not* run from a script, or an alias. -- Felipe Contreras -- 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