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authorJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2019-11-10 09:02:11 (GMT)
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2019-11-10 09:02:11 (GMT)
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Merge branch 'dl/format-patch-cover-from-desc'
The branch description ("git branch --edit-description") has been used to fill the body of the cover letters by the format-patch command; this has been enhanced so that the subject can also be filled. * dl/format-patch-cover-from-desc: format-patch: teach --cover-from-description option format-patch: use enum variables format-patch: replace erroneous and condition
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diff --git a/Documentation/config/format.txt b/Documentation/config/format.txt
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@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ format.subjectPrefix::
The default for format-patch is to output files with the '[PATCH]'
subject prefix. Use this variable to change that prefix.
+format.coverFromDescription::
+ The default mode for format-patch to determine which parts of
+ the cover letter will be populated using the branch's
+ description. See the `--cover-from-description` option in
+ linkgit:git-format-patch[1].
+
format.signature::
The default for format-patch is to output a signature containing
the Git version number. Use this variable to change that default.