Teng Long <dyroneteng@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > +--no-blank-line:: > + When appending note, do not insert a blank line between > + the note of given object and the note to be appended. > + --blank-line:: --no-blank-line:: Controls if a blank line to split paragraphs is inserted when appending (the default is true). > diff --git a/builtin/notes.c b/builtin/notes.c > index be51f69225..1ca0476a27 100644 > --- a/builtin/notes.c > +++ b/builtin/notes.c > @@ -562,6 +562,7 @@ static int copy(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) > static int append_edit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) > { > int allow_empty = 0; > + int no_blankline = 0; Use int blankline = 1; to avoid double negative, which is confusing and error prone. > @@ -584,6 +585,8 @@ static int append_edit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) > parse_reuse_arg), > OPT_BOOL(0, "allow-empty", &allow_empty, > N_("allow storing empty note")), > + OPT_BOOL(0, "no-blankline", &no_blankline, > + N_("do not initially add a blank line")), OPT_BOOL(0, "blank-line", &blankline, N_("insert paragraph break before appending to an existing note")), > @@ -619,7 +622,7 @@ static int append_edit(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix) > char *prev_buf = read_object_file(note, &type, &size); > > strbuf_grow(&d.buf, size + 1); > - if (d.buf.len && prev_buf && size) > + if (!no_blankline && d.buf.len && prev_buf && size) > strbuf_insertstr(&d.buf, 0, "\n"); Then, the conditional would read more naturally without double negation. if (blank_line && d.buf.len && prev_buf && size) I do not know and I am not judging (yet) if the goal of the patch is sensible (in other words, if we should have such an option), but if we were to do so, I would expect the implementation to look more like what I outlined above. Thanks.