Hi, On Sun, 8 Jun 2008, Jeff King wrote: > 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, You still have to move the subject line where it belongs, so I think the value of --paste is limited. You do have to pay attention anyway (for example when imitating how other people do it), so I think the current state should be fine. Ciao, Dscho -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
