If `format.useAutoBase = true`, there was no way to override this from
the command-line. Teach the `--no-base` option in format-patch to
override `format.useAutoBase`.
Helped-by: René Scharfe <l.s.r@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Denton Liu <liu.denton@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/git-format-patch.txt | 5 +++--
builtin/log.c | 7 +++++--
t/t4014-format-patch.sh | 6 ++++++
3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
index 00bdf9b125..0d4f8951bb 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-format-patch.txt
@@ -333,11 +333,12 @@ you can use `--suffix=-patch` to get `0001-description-of-my-change-patch`.
Output an all-zero hash in each patch's From header instead
of the hash of the commit.
---base=<commit>::
+--[no-]base[=<commit>]::
Record the base tree information to identify the state the
patch series applies to. See the BASE TREE INFORMATION section
below for details. If <commit> is "auto", a base commit is
- automatically chosen.
+ automatically chosen. The `--no-base` option overrides a
+ `format.useAutoBase` configuration.
--root::
Treat the revision argument as a <revision range>, even if it
diff --git a/builtin/log.c b/builtin/log.c
index 9c44682f61..bf904e887f 100644
--- a/builtin/log.c
+++ b/builtin/log.c
@@ -1406,7 +1406,7 @@ static struct commit *get_base_commit(const char *base_commit,
base = lookup_commit_reference_by_name(base_commit);
if (!base)
die(_("unknown commit %s"), base_commit);
- } else if ((base_commit && !strcmp(base_commit, "auto")) || base_auto) {
+ } else if ((base_commit && !strcmp(base_commit, "auto"))) {
struct branch *curr_branch = branch_get(NULL);
const char *upstream = branch_get_upstream(curr_branch, NULL);
if (upstream) {
@@ -1710,6 +1710,9 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
s_r_opt.def = "HEAD";
s_r_opt.revarg_opt = REVARG_COMMITTISH;
+ if (base_auto)
+ base_commit = "auto";
+
if (default_attach) {
rev.mime_boundary = default_attach;
rev.no_inline = 1;
@@ -1973,7 +1976,7 @@ int cmd_format_patch(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
}
memset(&bases, 0, sizeof(bases));
- if (base_commit || base_auto) {
+ if (base_commit) {
struct commit *base = get_base_commit(base_commit, list, nr);
reset_revision_walk();
clear_object_flags(UNINTERESTING);
diff --git a/t/t4014-format-patch.sh b/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
index c7cc643adf..a5b6302a1c 100755
--- a/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
+++ b/t/t4014-format-patch.sh
@@ -1958,6 +1958,12 @@ test_expect_success 'format-patch --base overrides format.useAutoBase' '
test_cmp expect actual
'
+test_expect_success 'format-patch --no-base overrides format.useAutoBase' '
+ test_config format.useAutoBase true &&
+ git format-patch --stdout --no-base -1 >patch &&
+ ! grep "^base-commit:" patch
+'
+
test_expect_success 'format-patch --base with --attach' '
git format-patch --attach=mimemime --stdout --base=HEAD~ -1 >patch &&
sed -n -e "/^base-commit:/s/.*/1/p" -e "/^---*mimemime--$/s/.*/2/p" \
--
2.24.0.578.g4820254054
