On Sat, Jun 07, 2008 at 09:06:19AM -0700, Robert Anderson wrote:
> > FYI this line is not necessary, and should be removed from
> > git-format-patch output when pasting it to your MUA.
>
> Err, then shouldn't it be removed from format-patch, rather than
> deleted manually every time format-patch is used?
As others have pointed out, the usual way for using format-patch is to
create an mbox that you then pull into your MUA (e.g., I do "git
format-patch --stdout origin >mbox; mutt -f mbox").
However, sometimes it is desirable to cut and paste, either because it
is inconvenient to bring the message into your MUA this way, or if you
are just putting a commit into an email you have already started
writing.
I was going to suggest a "--paste" option for format-patch which would
produce a nicer output for cutting and pasting, but it is trivial to do
with an alias:
git config --global \
alias.pastepatch \
'format-patch --pretty=format:%s%n%n%b'
(actually, this loses the author information versus using the
--pretty=email format, but if you are just sending your own work, it is
fine).
It is essentially the same as "git log --stat -p" except that the commit
message is indented properly, and the revision arguments are interpreted
as format-patch does.
-Peff
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