> FWIW here's the changes I had locally & cleaned up now that did the > alternate --format approach. Oh, sorry for the late reply, thanks for your advice. Base on this reply and the RFC patch, I need to read over them first and make sure I'm clear about what you mean. After that, I will reply again if there exist any doubts from me. By the way, If I want to base one on your RFC code, how can I download the patch and do I need to add some information on the commit message?