On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 04:53:16PM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > I can think of aesthetic reasons to want the non-"--from" format (for > instance, sticking patch files into a non-git-based tool like quilt or a > distribution packaging system, and not wanting your own email address > included), but I can't think of any tool that would produce incorrect > results if handed the --from format. That seems like an argument for > switching the default, and adding a --from-author option or similar to > get the current output. I covered most of my view elsewhere in the thread, but I want to be clear that I also do not know of any widespread tool that would have a problem. I am mostly worried about breaking people's private scripts. -Peff -- 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