Hi Junio, I've changed format.notes so that it can accept a boolean as well. Hopefully, my last email has addressed the remainder of your comments. Changes since v3: * Made format.notes accept a boolean instead of "standard" to get default notes Changes since v2: * Fixed if-else code style * Fixed typoed errors in 2/2 log message Changes since v1: * Made format.notes accept a notes ref instead of a boolean Denton Liu (2): git-format-patch.txt: document --no-notes option format-patch: teach format.notes config option Documentation/config/format.txt | 15 +++++++ Documentation/git-format-patch.txt | 7 ++- builtin/log.c | 20 ++++++++- t/t4014-format-patch.sh | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 4 files changed, 110 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) Range-diff against v3: 1: 4c3535f25b = 1: 4c3535f25b git-format-patch.txt: document --no-notes option 2: df864c4adf ! 2: 7cb770e190 format-patch: teach format.notes config option @@ -25,14 +25,16 @@ format-patch by default. + +format.notes:: -+ A ref which specifies where to get the notes (see -+ linkgit:git-notes[1]) that are appended for the commit after the -+ three-dash line. ++ Provides the default value for the `--notes` option to ++ format-patch. Accepts a boolean value, or a ref which specifies ++ where to get notes. If false, format-patch defaults to ++ `--no-notes`. If true, format-patch defaults to `--notes`. If ++ set to a non-boolean value, format-patch defaults to ++ `--notes=<ref>`, where `ref` is the non-boolean value. Defaults ++ to false. ++ -+If the special value of "standard" is specified, then the standard notes -+ref is used (i.e. the notes ref used by `git notes` when no `--ref` -+argument is specified). If one wishes to use the ref -+`ref/notes/standard`, please use that literal instead. ++If one wishes to use the ref `ref/notes/true`, please use that literal ++instead. ++ +This configuration can be specified multiple times in order to allow +multiple notes refs to be included. @@ -69,15 +71,17 @@ } + if (!strcmp(var, "format.notes")) { + struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT; -+ ++ int b = git_parse_maybe_bool(value); ++ if (!b) ++ return 0; + rev->show_notes = 1; -+ if (!strcmp(value, "standard")) { -+ rev->notes_opt.use_default_notes = 1; -+ } else { ++ if (b < 0) { + strbuf_addstr(&buf, value); + expand_notes_ref(&buf); + string_list_append(&rev->notes_opt.extra_notes_refs, + strbuf_detach(&buf, NULL)); ++ } else { ++ rev->notes_opt.use_default_notes = 1; + } + return 0; + } @@ -117,7 +121,7 @@ + git format-patch -1 --stdout --no-notes --notes >out && + grep "notes config message" out && + -+ test_config format.notes standard && ++ test_config format.notes true && + git format-patch -1 --stdout >out && + grep "notes config message" out && + git format-patch -1 --stdout --notes >out && -- 2.21.0.1049.geb646f7864