Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> On Thu, 12 Jun 2008, Jon Loeliger wrote:
>>
>> $ git format-patch -1 --stdout --color master
>>
>> But I seriously doubt that we _really_ want to send a
>> patch that has the embedded escape sequences in it:
>
> Hey, you asked for it, you got it. I hope you're not complaining.
Well, having said and heard all that, coming back to our more serious
selves...
I think being able to do
$ git -p format-patch --stdout --color -2 HEAD
makes some sense. Being able to produce an unusable patch by saying
$ git format-patch --stat old..
at the first glance is of quite dubious value, but even that would make
sense as a good input source for "commit log automailer".
I think I know where Jon is coming from and where he wants to go. While I
am somewhat sympathetic to the cause of adding some warning or safety
valve to prevent nonsense option combinations from being given, I am not
sure we can draw a line to classify options into black and white.
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