Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] format-patch: allow forcing the use of in-body From: header

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On Tue, Aug 30, 2022 at 04:07:18PM -0400, Jeff King wrote:

> All that said, I don't care _too_ strongly about it. I do suspect the
> feature might be better placed in send-email (or possibly in addition).
> If you are using send-email, then I think you're not supposed to use
> "--from" with format-patch at all, and you have no way of accessing this
> feature.

This "not supposed to" came from me looking at the documentation. But
this discussion implies that it's maybe not that big a deal:

  https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqq8twlqwan.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

Apparently we were considering enabling "--from" by default, but I don't
think that ever happened.

-Peff



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