On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 09:50:55PM -0700, Josh Triplett wrote: > I would propose the following then: > > - I'll write a patch adding a config option format.from, along with > documentation, without changing the default. > - The release notes for the version of git introducing that config > option should mention, prominently, the plan to change the default in > a future version of git. > - A subsequent release can change the default. No major rush to do > this. > > Does that sound reasonable? That sounds fine to me. I do have to admit that after reading through the "format.*" section of git-config(1), there is quite a bit that is configurable in it. So perhaps we do not need to be as careful about behavior changes as I thought. So if you wanted to squish steps 2 and 3 together, that would also be OK by me. -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